Labor is always a challenge for restaurateurs, but the past few years have been especially hard. The pandemic turned restaurant employees into essential workers, and that was followed by the “Great ...

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 the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

McDonald’s has found plenty of traction with its promotional meals. The Travis Scott Meal introduced in 2020, for instance, was so popular it led to a shortage of Quarter Pounders. More recently, the ...

Matcha — bitter, grassy, and gritty — doesn’t stand out as an obvious candidate for a trending ingredient, but many customers have taken a shine to it for its health halo as well as the vibrant green ...

Foodservice industry job growth turned negative in July, and overall national employment for the prior two months was revised downward in federal statistics released Friday. U.S. employment growth ...

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 (year-over ...

It looks like we’re reaching an inflection point, as Gen Z consumers surpass millennial consumers as the most frequent restaurant users. Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) makes up about 20% of the ...

Nation's Restaurant News May 2025We’re tackling some of the hot-button topics facing every restaurant operator today, like Robert F. Kennedy’s influence, GLP-1s, and the third place.

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 ...