When Kirk Tanner became CEO of Wendy’s in February 2024, it was a big change — and not just because he was becoming the CEO of one of the largest restaurant companies in the U.S., one that ...

Dine Brands International has big plans for its dual-branded IHOP/Applebee’s model this year. The model — which combines Dine’s two flagship brands under one roof and features menu items ...

First Watch Restaurant Group Inc., operator of the daytime café brand, will be increasing marketing in 2025, executives said ...

The Consumer Price Index report for February increased 2.8% year-over-year, compared to 3% in January, showing signs of cooling and driven largely by a 4% drop in airline fares. Despite ...

Suppose you had a time machine and you travelled back to 1940. Not only would you get a snapshot of that momentous season in American history when the nation teetered between an economic ...

Former Wendy’s and Chili’s franchisee Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman died Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., after a heart attack. He was 71. The former basketball star suffered a heart attack while ...

A couple of weeks have passed since the annual Women’s Foodservice Forum conference in Dallas and we’re still processing some of the key takeaways from the event. Take, for instance, marketing ...

The team behind Sabine Café took the pandemic of 2020 as a time to recast their restaurant, and they’ve enjoyed the resulting popularity. Before the pandemic, Sabine Café was for 10 years the ...

Rooted in sunny San Diego, CoCo Playa, a single-unit, quick-service drive-thru café offering coffee, cookies, and dirty sodas, has plans for expansion. Launched last June, CoCo Playa is one of ...

Little Finch is the smaller, café outpost of the Olive & Finch Collective, founded by Mary Nguyen. Little Finch opened on Denver’s pedestrian 16 th Street Mall in early 2023. Nguyen, a native ...

With thousands of SaaS services and tech vendors out there, restaurants have more access to technology than ever before, but it seems that operators have not quite bought in to the digital ...

Research and strategy firm dcdx released its Magnetic 100 Restaurants Report today, highlighting which brands are resonating the most with Gen Z consumers based on their organic conversations online.