Arby's

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

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.

Financing

Piece of Culver's is sold

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 16, 2017

The Culver family retains control, but a board seat has been extended to the buyer, Roark Capital.

Food

Restaurants go farther afield with new customer lures

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 31, 2016

Some of the latest LTOs and menu additions underscore the willingness of even mass-market brands to experiment.

Consumer Trends

Customers’ most-craved beef

By Lizzy Freier on Nov. 20, 2017

See which 10 chains are winning with beef that consumers say they can’t get anywhere else.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Crisis signs

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 03, 2017

Is the industry going a little crazy, or is it just a garden-variety midlife crisis? Here's the evidence to consider.

Financing

Roark wants to create another big restaurant company

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 05, 2017

Report says investor wants to buy other brands following the Arby’s-Buffalo Wild Wings merger

Operations

Are QSRs the real hotbeds of innovation?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 21, 2017

In the last few years, the build-your-own Chipotle-style fast casuals really hit their stride, expanding into almost any type of cuisine people could think of.

Marketing