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Consumer Trends

Top chains by menu segment for 2017

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 17, 2017

Chains ranking highest in their competitive set deliver more than just good food. They’re winning in all aspects of the dining experience, from service to convenience.

Consumer Trends

America's favorite midscale chains

 By Jill Failla on Jan. 17, 2017

Although trendy new breakfast-and-lunch-only eateries continue to pop up, they’ve yet to top legacy brands for consumers’ overall favorite family-style restaurants.

Emerging Brands

Full-service concepts elbowing into fast casual

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 10, 2017

Frequent past failures haven't discouraged full-service chains from trying fast-casual concepts. Here's a look at the latest experiments.

Operations

This week’s restaurant nightmares: Tempests and teacups

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2017

Routine situations festered into high-profile controversies for restaurants this month because of pile-ons in social media.

Consumer Trends

So Long, Dining Rooms

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 12, 2017

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

Consumer Trends

April's 10 most alluring LTOs

By Jill Failla on May 02, 2017

Consumers reveal which chain limited-time offers they were most likely to order based on the name and description.

Financing

Fast casual has angst to overcome

By Scott Hume on May 25, 2017

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote that “maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists,” and so it has been with the coming-of-age fast-casual restaurant segment.

2017 Top 500: Family Style

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 07, 2017

While some of the legacy brands (such as IHOP and Bob Evans) saw declines, Technomic Chief Insights Officer Darren Tristano expects breakfast-and-lunch concepts to keep growing.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Jun. 11, 2017

Popular for its roadside locales, it combines a casual restaurant with a retail gift shop in a rustic, down-home setting

Top 500 Chains

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Jun. 12, 2017

Much industry buzz has been directed toward the company’s fast-casual spinoff, Holler & Dash

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