Restaurant Business

Your quick morning dose of the restaurant news you need, every weekday, from the editors of Restaurant Business.

A Deeper Dive

"A Deeper Dive" is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze.

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Menu Talk

“Menu Feed”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

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Restaurant Rewind

"Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today.

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Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

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Technology

Are consumers ordering less delivery? It depends on who you ask

Tech Check: There are signs that demand is slowing. But some are finding the convenience too good to quit.

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Operations

Friendly's is opening restaurants again

The 89-year-old family-dining chain has unveiled a new store in Orlando that gives a liberal nod to the brand's past while incorporating new touches like a bakery.

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Financing

Surprise, surprise: California kept its full-service restaurants in the dark for months

Reality Check: The state attorney general had refused to clarify the scope of the state's pending anti-junk-fee law. It's one more smack in the face to the trade.

Restaurant service charges are suddenly everywhere. What gives?

Labor Pains

Top 500 Chains

The Reinvention of Starbucks

Future 50 2023

Same-Store Sales Tracker

Financing

Who is winning the chicken wars right now

A Deeper Dive: This week’s podcast features a discussion on recent restaurant chain earnings reports, including Wingstop, KFC, Popeyes, Chipotle and Starbucks.

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Applebee's bets more discounts will reverse sales declines

The casual-dining chain lost business from lower-income guests but believes promotions like $1 margaritas will bring them back.

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The International Franchise Association has some ideas for better franchising

The trade group is calling for changes in disclosure rules before people buy a franchise. It comes as federal regulators examine rules for franchise companies.

Food

Burger King launches a new dessert to celebrate its 70th birthday

The Birthday Pie Slice comes to the menu Monday, and the party continues through June with special birthday deals.

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Financing

Restaurant Business Migration

Featured News

Layoffs and sales declines hit Noodles & Co. last quarter

Recent Stories

Combi Ovens Versus Conventional Cooking: What Are The Benefits For Operators?

Increased marketing spending did not help Papa Johns' sales in April

Red Lobster owner expects to sell its share of the chain this year

Are consumers ordering less delivery? It depends on who you ask

McDonald's is making a massive investment in digital marketing

At age 59, San Francisco's Scoma's restaurant still defers to its elders

Smoothie King gets a new CFO, Portillo's hires its first CMO and other restaurant executive shifts

Craveworthy bought three more brands, this time with an eye for conversion

Friendly's is opening restaurants again

Applebee's bets more discounts will reverse sales declines

How to navigate the National Restaurant Show like a pro