BJ’s Restaurants today named Lyle D. Tick as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Tick has served as president and chief concept officer since September, following the ...

The pizza category had a tough year in 2024. According to Technomic’s Top 500, 61% of pizza chains experienced declining sales last year, including two of the four biggest chains: Pizza Hut ...

Inspire Brands is a privately held juggernaut, owned by companies controlled by Atlanta-based Roark Capital: Its six chains combined saw 2024 sales in excess of $29.5 billion, according to Technomic.

Blaze Pizza has named Jaime Denney as chief operations officer, the company confirmed Tuesday. Atlanta-based Blaze said Denney joins the company with more than 25 years of leadership experience in ...

Kura Sushi went public in 2019 and has continued to generate momentum since, turning in a year-over-year sales increase of 26.9% in 2024 to reach nearly $238 million. Its footprint grew by 28% in ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) (“Papa Johns®”) today announced the promotion of Caroline Miller Oyler to Chief Administrative Officer, effective ...

This week on Nation's Restaurant News, the top story was “Denny’s CEO Kelli Valade shares how the restaurant chain can maintain the title of ‘America’s Favorite Diner.’” In the second ...

Your guest experience doesn’t start at the front door — it starts in your back-of-house systems. Join Nation’s Restaurant News, PAR Technology’s CEO Savneet Singh, and PAR OPS’ GM Jason ...

Chicken-based concepts helped increase the number of locations among brands in 2024, according to Technomic Top 500 data. “Location development buoyed Top 500 performance,” the data company ...

Kelli Valade learned about the importance of leadership development in restaurants at an early age; when she was a teenager, her bosses at the Big Boy where she worked in Upstate New York ...

Dessert has been a massive emerging category for foodservice for several years now as younger generations switch up their dining out habits from full meals to treats and snacks. For quite some ...

Is White Castle reigniting the chicken sandwich wars? The quick-service chain’s vice president of marketing and public relations, Jamie Richardson, said that White Castle will soon be debuting a ...