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Operations

On the Border’s turnaround efforts pay off

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 21, 2022

A revamped menu and more technology have the brand on track for its first year of positive sales in more than a decade.

Operations

Inside Taco Bell’s futuristic new restaurant

 By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2022

Here’s a look at the new “Defy” prototype, which opened in Minnesota earlier this month and features four drive-thru lanes and sends food to your car through an elevator.

Financing

Wall Street investors hit restaurants hard

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2022

The Bottom Line: The average stock has lost 46% of its value since its 52-week high, far worse than the broader markets. Investors have reset industry valuations in the process.

Consumer Trends

Put your restaurant hipness to the test

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2022

Think you’re current on the industry’s latest lingo? Prove it by taking our pop quiz on the terms currently working their way into vogue.

Food

There's no lull in menu launches during the ‘lazy’ days of summer

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 20, 2022

Taste Tracker: Just Salad and Chicken Salad Chick refresh the salad bowl; cool sipping at Potbelly, Corner Bakery and PJ’s; IHOP has a Minions menu; Newk’s and Taco John’s celebrate barbecue; and more menu news of the week.

Financing

Wingstop opens its first restaurant in Canada

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2022

The company is opening a location this month in Toronto, one of 100 planned for the country as the chicken wing chain pushes international growth more aggressively.

Marketing

Restaurants catch their share of flak in the culture wars

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 20, 2022

Working Lunch: Are Pizza Hut's reading selections a social threat? and what will a alternative "anti-woke" Chamber of Commerce mean for restaurants?

Leadership

Ripco acquires restaurant brokerage BCD

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 20, 2022

The deal will expand the real estate firm’s presence in the food and beverage market.

Financing

How Red Robin is preparing for a ‘softening consumer’

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 20, 2022

The chain believes a new $10 value meal combined with strong LTOs will give price-conscious guests more options.

Operations

Inside Chuck E. Cheese's high-tech makeover

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 17, 2022

The 45-year-old food-and-games chain is remodeling all of its 470 locations to cater to tech-savvy Gen Alpha kids and their always-on-the-clock parents, to the tune of more than a half million dollars per store.

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