Sweetgreen and Applebee's are both adding drive-thrus this year. Drive-thrus dominated fast food during the pandemic and spread to fast-casual chains. Now even casual dining chains see them as a way ...

There have been some think pieces recently opining that Americans have “lost their appetite” for casual dining, pointing to several tough quarters in which segment stalwarts such as Hooters, TGI ...

The casual-dining segment’s sales were devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but they surged back in 2021, with most big brands registering double-digit gains through a year that was buffeted ...

Just a year ago, casual dining chains like TGI Fridays and Red Lobster were filing for bankruptcy. Now a resurgence is underway, with Chili's leading the charge. Call it a babyback comeback. Chili's ...

After more than 20 years in the industry, Executive Chef Egest (Egi) Veliu bought his first restaurant, Oxfords Casual Dining on Millbury Boulevard in Oxford, operating the business with his wife, ...

There has been a shift in the customers of quick-service restaurants (QSRs), as they are preferring casual dining chains over fast food counterparts. Darden Restaurants’ (NYSE:DRI) CEO Rick Cardenas ...