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Year in review

Marketing

Restaurant trends we're rooting against in 2023

 By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 15, 2022

The metaverse, pumpkin spice and product shortages are a few of the items on our naughty list this year.

Operations

The year of MrBeast, old timey LTOs and Italian beef sandwiches

 By Lisa Jennings on Dec. 15, 2022

See who and what won big in 2022, and the aspects of the restaurant industry that had a terrible, no good, very bad year.

Leadership

Restaurant luminaries we lost in 2022

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 12, 2022

The notable passings include the deaths of chain founders, a salacious critic and the co-founder of Ronald McDonald Houses.

Operations

Hot restaurant concepts of 2022

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 09, 2022

The transitional year turned several previously obscure segments into big gainers.

Technology

The year in restaurant technology 2022

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 07, 2022

Robots, ghost kitchens and the metaverse made headlines in a turbulent year for tech companies.

Financing

The louts we’ve crossed off our holiday gift list

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 05, 2022

Coal is too good for these restaurant industry scoundrels. Roadkill, maybe?

Technology

The biggest restaurant technology deals of 2021

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 05, 2022

Tech suppliers were on the receiving end of more than 100 funding rounds or acquisitions in 2021. Here’s a look at the highlights.

Operations

The best of Restaurant Business 2021

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 22, 2021

From the Editor: RB journalists covered every facet of an up-and-down year in the restaurant industry. Here is a look at some of our best journalism of 2021.

Financing

The biggest stories of 2021

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 22, 2021

A Deeper Dive: Restaurant Business editors discuss the year’s biggest stories and make predictions for 2022.

Operations

The year in restaurant design trends

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed operators to unveil a flurry of new prototypes in 2021, codifying the changes in consumer behavior brought on by the crisis in updated designs.

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