Buffalo Wild Wings

Consumer Trends

8 consumer trends taking flight in 2017

Here's a look behavioral shifts that may impact restaurants this year.

Financing

BWW’s largest franchisee seeks a change

Diversified Restaurant Holdings is pursuing a sale or other extraordinary option.

Operators brainstormed ways to address hyperlocal demand, block an end run on raising labor costs, and foster more licensing business.

A limited-service riff is one of the formats the casual chain says it's exploring to deliver better returns.

The private-equity company with stakes in chains ranging from Auntie Anne's to Culver's has reportedly offered more than $2 billion.

The casual chain is also looking at a variety of remote-payment options.

A group saying it represents 93% of the franchise system says it wants to keep Sally Smith and her team in leadership roles, a rebuke to activist investor Marcato Capital.

The private-equity firm often doesn't follow its own guidelines for making acquisitions. Its latest conquest is a case in point.

The chicken-wing chain will up the cost to imbibe at its company-owned locations beginning in August.

As off-premise continues to grow, an omnichannel approach may be on the horizon.

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