McDonald’s chief executive officer Chris Kempczinski appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box earlier this week, discussing everything from the pressures lower income consumers are currently facing to the ...

FAT Brands announced Wednesday the return of Andy Wiederhorn as CEO of the Fazoli’s and Round Table Pizza parent company. Wiederhorn stepped down as chief executive in May 2023 as part of an ongoing ...

Rick Cardenas is a unicorn in the restaurant industry. The chief executive officer of Darden Restaurants started as a bus boy at Red Lobster — a brand that would later be a part of Darden before being ...

Bravo Brio Restaurants LLC and subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said Monday. The Orlando, Fla.-based parent to the casual-dining Bravo! Italian Kitchen and ...

In my last article, you read about the importance of Bringing Corporate Values to the Frontline in Casual Dining, answering an excellent question by Alex Botelho, International Franchise Development ...

This week on Nation's Restaurant News, the top story was “2025 100 Under 100: Emerging restaurant chains with staggering results.” Unit growth among the Top 500 brands in 2024 wasn’t particularly ...

Consumer sentiment scores recovered slightly in June from a massive drop throughout the prior six months, but that doesn’t necessarily mean diners are sprinting back to restaurants. Several recent ...

New data from Fiserv shows that small restaurants/independents experienced modest sales growth in June (+0.4%) compared to June 2024. However, their month-over-month ...

Earlier this week, we examined limited-service burger chains with the highest (and lowest) average unit volumes, an important metric that partially illustrates the health of the brand, including store ...

Jiho Kim built a name for himself in New York City, running a successful pop-up that went on to become Michelin star-winning Joomak Banjum. He relocated it and rebranded it as Joomak earlier this year ...

There are several consumer signals flashing red right now, indicating that Americans are feeling pessimistic about the current (and future) state of the economy. Perhaps the most urgent signal is the ...

Traffic challenges continued in the restaurant industry in the first quarter, driven by consumer uncertainty, according to the Q1 2025 Technomic Consumer and Operator Outlook. Lori Rakoczy, associate ...