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Restaurant chains ring in fall with wild marketing promos

Here are four creative ways brands are looking to drive traffic (and boost goodwill) as the weather cools.

50 Great Ideas 2018

These 50 ideas go beyond what’s “cool” to deliver smart, trend-forward solutions that might just serve as an inspiration for others.

Future 50 2018

These emerging brands reveal trends in menu, operations and more that are poised to bubble up throughout the industry.

Recent Stories

How to add garden-fresh flavor to the menu with clean-label, speed scratch ingredients

Little Caesars now has heated pickup stations

McDonald’s Chief Restaurant Officer Doug Goare to retire

Taylor Gourmet shuts its doors

Restaurant chains ring in fall with wild marketing promos

Recent Stories

Financing

New York’s comptroller wants McDonald’s to treat chickens better

Overseer of the state's pension fund, a major shareholder, says the burger chain isn’t following rivals’ lead on chicken treatment.

Financing

Carlisle Corp. sells off struggling LYFE Kitchen

The three-unit brand is bought by Chicago-based L3 Hospitality Group, a former franchisee.

Marketing

A restaurant’s publicity ruse gone wrong

That’s just one of the recent restaurant nightmares on our radar—don’t forget the customer who downed 100 plates of sushi in an all-you-can-eat joint.

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Black Box: August same-store sales best in 3 years

But comparisons were easy and traffic remains down despite an improving economy.

Financing

Black Box: Same-store sales weak in July

Despite easy comparisons, the restaurant industry continued to lose customers.

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