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Restaurant Business

Featured News

Sizzler CEO Kerry Kramp leaves the company

The 130-unit chain said he left to pursue other opportunities, and no successor has been named.

The Power 20

The influencers on this year’s Power 20 list aren’t just changing the menu within their own organizations—they are altering how the entire restaurant industry thinks about and approaches menus. They are the disruptors and the rebels who dare to go in a different direction.

Top 500 2019

Check out Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, providing a peek at the data as well as insights into the shifts and trends impacting the industry.

Recent Stories

Capriotti’s serves up authentic flavor, great taste

U.S. Senator scrutinizing federal loans to Subway, Dickey’s franchisees

Stealable trends from Chicago’s dining scene

How can restaurants connect with an 'ugly produce' distributor?

Sweetgreen adds 5 months of parental leave as an employee perk

Recent Stories

Leadership

Batali due to face criminal charges for indecent assault and battery

The chef is expected to be arraigned in a Boston court Friday for allegedly groping a woman in 2017.

Consumer Trends

4 new ways to attract families to your restaurant

These promotion ideas offer a more sophisticated take on “kids eat free”.

Financing

Delivery is growing up, becoming incremental and profitable in the process

Is it generating a net gain in transactions for the restaurant industry? Maybe not. But the chains doing it are seeing their sales, profits and transactions rise.

Restaurant Business
Special Reports

10 Groundbreaking Concepts

Top 500 Chains

The Power 20

Top 100 Independents

50 Great Ideas 2018

Future 50

How We See It

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With traditional media use on the decline, marketing experts offered winning ideas at the 2019 National Restaurant Association Show.

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Burger King’s St. Louis sales surged, thanks to Impossible Whopper

The chain’s sales rose 28% in the market in April, according to Technomic data, explaining the quick decision to expand the test, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Is an IPO in MOD Pizza’s future?

Its latest funding round gives the fast-casual pizza chain plenty of cash to accomplish its goals, with a public offering possible down the line.

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Financing

Have investors soured on small restaurant chains?

Jeff Brock, managing partner with Hargett Hunter Capital Management, joins "A Deeper Dive" to discuss the state of mergers and acquisitions.