Emerging restaurant brands are no doubt fun to follow. They’re often bringing new menu and branding ideas to the table, tapping into consumer trends in creative ways that showcase a glimpse into ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present the Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. In 2022, a mind-blowing 456 restaurant companies in ...

Foodservice industry sales will reach $997 billion in 2023, driven in part by higher menu prices and continued pent-up demand, the National Restaurant Association forecasts. In its annual “2023 ...

It took 18 years for Twin Peaks to hit its 100 th location, which it did at the end of May with a location near Indianapolis. If all goes to plan, it will take just five years to open the next 100 ...

At some point in history, the word “chain” as associated with restaurants became something of a derogatory term. You could excuse customers of restaurants past for adopting a negative opinion ...

Nation’s Restaurant News has obtained the addresses of 29 closed Perkins Restaurant & Bakery and Marie Callender’s restaurants. The underperforming locations were shuttered Sunday by parent ...

This year’s Technomic Top 500 results were a mixed bag for the restaurant industry. On one hand, many large restaurant brands stagnated in 2023, with sales increases merely a reflection of menu ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. At the end of 2022, the Top 500 restaurants ...

Chipotle has opened its first restaurant in the Middle East nearly a year after signing its first franchising agreement. The restaurant, located in partnership with the Alshaya Group, is located ...

The dessert/snack segment had a stellar year last year, with nine of the 10 biggest chains seeing an increase in systemwide sales, seven of those being at least a double-digit percentage increase.

Sweetgreen finished 2023 on a better foot than it started and, while the chain still hasn’t reached profitability, it’s getting closer, according to its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings ...

Before Boston Market was sold to Engage Brands under the Rohan Group of Companies in 2020, the American rotisserie chicken chain was undergoing a brand transformation that was supposed to breathe ...