Financing
Papa Murphy’s owner MTY Group cuts staff as restaurants close
The Canadian-based brand collector, which operates Cold Stone Creamery and Pinkberry, among many others, has temporarily closed 2,100 locations.
Marketing
Restaurants scare up spooky treats for Halloween
Wacky menu items and more capture the Halloween holiday spirit—and spirited customers. Here’s how operators are celebrating Halloween 2019 with treats.
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.