Johnny Rockets

Restaurants vulnerable this holiday season to credit-card cons: Study

And a high proportion don’t even perceive the danger, according to the survey.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

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.

As storage space contracts, chains are getting resourceful with everything from shelves to ceiling height and inventory.

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

If there is a "Mr. Johnny Rockets" within the Johnny Rockets' system, it's got to be Lloyd Sugarman.

The former Johnny Rockets CEO takes the helm at the cafe chain.

From a tech standpoint, “there’s not a great deal of angst.”

But the guest may not interact with much of it. Here, the kitchen is the digital showcase.

John Maguire will serve as president and CEO of both brands.

Chain restaurants are discovering that nostalgia sells.

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