Put people first
70% of customers who won't return to a foodservice establishment cite a negative interaction with an employee as the reason. By lowering employee turnover, service and customer retention can be improved.
Lots of restaurants changed CEOs this year
Papa John's, Chipotle, Panera, Buffalo Wild Wings among companies whose top executives left in 2017.
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.