Relentlessly high menu prices coupled with macroeconomic pressures have been a major narrative for well over a year now, driving a decline in traffic and frequency across most restaurant segments. A ...
The Consumer Price Index for September, announced Friday, shows that inflation rose 0.3% month-over-month and 3% year-over-year. The CPI reading is at its highest level since January but fell below ...
A turf war between Big Boy operators appears to be over for now. Big Boy Restaurant Group said it plans to close six stores in Cincinnati amid a restraining order from rival Frisch’s Big Boy. Frisch’s ...
Back when digital ordering was in its nascent stages of popularity, operators began experimenting with social media ordering. From 2016-2020, brands like Subway, Chipotle, and Papa Johns debuted ...
It was a peek into what life could possibly look like in late 2025 without the internet, and it was … quite an adjustment. When Amazon Web Services went down for hours on Monday, Oct. 20, several ...
Joe R. Lee, the co-founder and first general manager of Red Lobster and the first chief executive officer of Darden Restaurants, passed away Oct. 12 at the age of 85. His death was first announced in ...
At the center of Domino’s World Resource Center — tucked within a half-mile-long building on the outskirts of Ann Arbor, Mich., called Domino’s Farms Office Park — a cylindrical atrium pierces four ...
On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss the latest restaurant industry news, including innovations in loyalty programs, new value deal ...
It’s obvious by now that the restaurant industry is knee-deep in value offerings. What began in the middle of 2024 with McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal has snowballed and evolved into an environment in which ...
Chick-fil-A is the latest quick-service chain to aggressively go after the growing number of beverage-seeking consumers. The chain and its subsidiary, Red Wagon Ventures LLC, plans to open Daybright, ...
Salad and Go, the drive-thru salad concept, plans to close 41 restaurants, the company CEO said Tuesday. “This includes all locations in Houston, Austin and San Antonio, along with a few in the Dallas ...
There have been plenty of comments from plenty of major restaurant executives about a pullback in spending among lower-income consumers. Some have even warned that middle-income consumers are ...