ideas

Chain moves that apply beyond the big guys

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 2016

Some of the biggest restaurant concepts are hotbeds for innovation, testing out ideas that will be a boon for operations of any size.

Financing

Chains break new ground in pursuit of sales

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 13, 2017

Wedding registries and third-party reservations services were once seen as too highfalutin for cookie-cutter places slinging pizza and potato skins. But not in today’s environment.

7 issues on restaurant leaders’ minds

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 11, 2017

More than 1,000 top-level chain executives came together to compare approaches to common problems and opportunities. The resulting discussions at the Restaurant Leadership Conference covered a lot of ground, including the latest challenges in building off-premise sales.

Consumer Trends

5 ideas we stumbled upon

By Kelly Killian on May 04, 2017

Here are stealable applications for the menu and more, inspired by casual dining.

Taco Bell tests cheese-stuffed shell

Feb. 09, 2015

Newly emerging details about the Quesalupa test product indicate the mash-up features a shell stuffed with cheese, a notion not unlike Pizza Hut’s cheese-stuffed crust.

Operations