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Mixologists warm to cold-weather cocktails

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Nov. 12, 2015

Today’s vibrant cocktail culture has given rise to inventive icy drinks, but for the most part, hot alcoholic beverages have lagged behind in creativity.

2017 Top 500: Varied Menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

Consumer Trends

Attracting snackers to full service

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 15, 2017

Dedicated snack menus are on the rise in casual dining to capture anytime eaters.

Consumer Trends

Yelp users’ favorite casual chains

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 05, 2018

A new analysis also shows what differentiates a good user-generated review from a negative one.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

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.