Chuy's

Financing

Chuy’s travels its own path on labor, development

The 100-unit casual chain is also looking to bolster sales and profits by charging more fully into catering.

Workforce

Restaurant labor conditions worsen in September

New research finds turnover climbing again, along with restaurants’ hiring plans.

The Mexican casual chain puts the blame on escalating labor costs and the effects of bad weather.

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.

Just starting to get their own spending power, Gen Z is now in operators’ sights. Because of their limited budgets, this generation frequents QSRs the most.

The Mexican category overall saw sales increase by 0.9% to $18 billion and units by 4.1%, to 12,656.

When it comes to restaurant brands, the sales leaders are not always consumers’ favorites for a variety of reasons. Chains best at parlaying customer satisfaction into sales are hard to beat.

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, consumers reveal their top restaurant chains for the Mexican favorite.

A look at the top chains winning with solo diners—as well as those scoring high with most consumers but missing the mark when it comes to dine-alone guests.

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