Denny's

Financing

Denny’s moves to refranchise

The family-dining stalwart will be almost entirely franchisee-owned.

Workforce

Court clears the way for servers to sue for full minimum wage

The decision could require restaurants to forego the tip credit for side work and untipped activities.

A parade of concepts have embraced the staple as their big customer lure.

Keep an eye on the latest food and drink trends that emerged at Winsight’s Restaurant Directions conference.

The family-dining chain’s newest third-party provider will fuel the growth of Denny’s on Demand.

Joe Terrell installed six skylights in the new Denny's Joliet, Ill. building, allowing him to keep most of the LED lights turned off during the day.

An in-house Iron Chef competition. A gracious restaurant in Jersey. A surcharge for customers in Florida. And a lot more, in this installment of the Week in Ideas.

A true challenger to the Cronut appears, along with signs of a deeper dive into groceries by The Cheesecake Factory, less yelling at Red Robin, a return to crazy restaurant theming and crow being added to the menu of Jack in the Box.

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.

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