White Castle

Consumer Trends

Taco Bell Cantina's report card

Cantina was designed as part of a growth plan geared toward capturing millennial consumers. It was important for Taco Bell to win back this audience.

Financing

Best buys in value wines

Can a $25 bottle of wine become the star of your wine list? how about a $15 bottle? We think they can. It takes some digging to find wines that you can sell in that price range, so that’s just what we did. And we found plenty that fit the bill. Not just okay wines, but great ones. A lot of them. There are 84 wines here—and each one provides both you and your customers with a quality product at a very good price.

Nine out of the top 10 chains in the 2016 Top 500 ranking are quick service. Thanks to these giants, the segment makes up almost 62% of the Top 500 total sales.

Few dishes warm the body and soul like a hearty stew. These places are serving up tasty meals-in-a-pot based on meat, seafood or vegetables, much to the delight of diners coming in from the cold.

This month, restaurants are redefining the norm.

This week New England restaurants team up in two cities to help cut calories and drunk driving. White Castle might just replace its reputation as a destination for stoners. There’s a fight with a health inspector. And a thank you from a Chinese restaurant.

Sometimes the gloves come off in restaurant marketing campaigns. Here are a few of the standout brawls.

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