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 ...

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

Market research agency and mystery shopping company SeeLevel HX has released its 20th annual QSR Drive-Thru study, a breakdown of drive-thru performance from 10 major quick-service restaurant brands.

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News presents the Top 500 biggest restaurants in America, ranked by systemwide sales in the previous fiscal year. This year, we’re using data from our partners ...

Papa Johns International, Inc. continued its growth momentum with 1.9% same-store sales growth for North America during the first quarter ended March 27, the company reported on Thursday.

C3 (Creating Culinary Communities) — the food technology platform known for its physical and virtual food halls and the new Go by Citizens app — announced Thursday that TGI Friday’s, Hooters ...

2021 was another busy year for mergers and acquisitions in and around the restaurant industry, from Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop buying Wing Zone on Jan. 4 to Jack in the Box buying Del Taco on Dec.

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 ...

Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Brian Niccol took home $38 million in 2020 — up from $33.5 million in 2019 — with a base salary of $1.24 million up from $1.20 million in 2019, according to the ...

2022 was a slightly calmer year than usual for mergers and acquisitions in the restaurant industry, with 20 such deals having been made, but that doesn’t mean it was any less interesting than ...

It was a big year for coffee last year, with all of the 10 biggest restaurant chains in the segment growing domestic systemwide sales by 8% or more. Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and ...

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 ...