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Big Boy

Financing

How Tamer Afr is fixing Big Boy

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 16, 2023

A Deeper Dive: The CEO of Big Boy Restaurants, who acquired the chain more than four years ago, joins the podcast to discuss the brand’s changes, its drive-thru location and its international push.

Food

Big Boy loses his job over a chicken sandwich

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 06, 2020

The burger chain has introduced a new mascot, Dolly, to hawk a sandwich aimed at competing with Popeyes' hot product.

Leadership

The luminaries we lost

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2019

The restaurant industry will be poorer in 2020 because of the talents and characters who died in 2019. Here are some of the standouts who were lost.

Operations

Is Big Boy ready to grow up?

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 14, 2019

The legacy brand had been closing units, but it’s now looking to grow, while also giving fast casual another shot.

Top 500 Chains

Big Boy/Frisch's Big Boy

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Top 500 Chains

Big Boy

Jun. 19, 2018
Leadership

Aziz Hashim: The empowerer

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 15, 2016

As much as Aziz Hashim loves franchising, the one-time electrical engineer has never warmed to the risk factor, starting with the lone KFC he opened in his 20s.

Top 500 Chains

Big Boy

Jun. 12, 2017

It touts itself as the “Home of the original double-decker” burger

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

2017 Top 500: Family Style

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 07, 2017

While some of the legacy brands (such as IHOP and Bob Evans) saw declines, Technomic Chief Insights Officer Darren Tristano expects breakfast-and-lunch concepts to keep growing.

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