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4 ways restaurant brands are spotlighting staff in marketing efforts

Despite concerns that a chain’s employee—or even its founder—could tarnish the brand image with a misdeed, these operators say the benefits outweigh the risks.

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The take-private deal comes less than three years after Fogo went public.

The company is reportedly looking to raise $75 million.

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.

The steak category grew sales by 2.9%, to $11.2 billion, and units by 0.7%, to 2,767.

Despite higher costs, chains say the industry must be cautious about raising prices.

The company found a better deal by going private, says RB's The Bottom Line. Could others follow?

Raising Cane’s, Which Wich, Genghis Grill or Mooyah, suggests a Dallas paper.

Restaurants are rolling out new recipes of whiskey sours to differentiate bar programs.

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