leadership

How restaurants should prepare for Hurricane Harvey

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 25, 2017

Weather experts say Hurricane Harvey, due to hit Texas tonight or tomorrow morning, could be the most powerful storm the nation has seen since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here's how restaurant experts advise the industry to prepare.

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Remembering the year’s lost restaurant luminaries

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 28, 2017

Here are some of the industry standouts who died during the past year, and the legacies they left.

Leadership

Jack in the Box National Franchise Association announces new executive director

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 29, 2017

Tabitha Burke is responsible for heightening executive leadership, implementing strategies effectively and maintaining day-to-day operations for the association.

Leadership

From the RB editor: Seeking inspiration in outside places

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 23, 2018

Operators mitigate the risk of stale, inbred ideas by refusing to stay insular.

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Calif. restaurant pioneer Jack Williams dies

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 19, 2018

Leadership

Panera founder Ron Shaich talks leadership, future of restaurant industry

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 17, 2018

While being honored as Restaurant Leader of the Year, Shaich urged restaurateurs to fight short-sighted thinking and stay laser-focused on what their customers are seeking.

Choosing greatness: How we decided this year’s most powerful leaders

By Kelly Killian on Mar. 16, 2015

In the end, we decided that the criteria had to be not only restaurant operators with notable legacies—and not even those with positive sales results.