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Comfort food makeovers reign among this winter’s tempting LTOs

 By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 14, 2019

Consumers favored familiar dishes with a twist in December. These seven stood out in Technomic’s monthly survey.

Emerging Brands

A look inside Sun & Fork: First Watch’s new fast-casual concept

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 04, 2019

The full-service breakfast and lunch concept is getting into the fast-casual business.

Marketing

These are the 10 best-reviewed large restaurant chains

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 18, 2018

Darden Restaurants dominated TripAdvisor’s list of the best-reviewed small and medium-sized chains.

Financing

First Watch’s Chris Tomasso on breakfast business growth

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 05, 2018

In this episode of RB's podcast, “A Deeper Dive,” the new CEO of the fast-growing chain talks about its keys to success.

Top 500 Chains

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Jun. 19, 2018
Leadership

Chris Tomasso named First Watch CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 11, 2018

Longtime CEO Ken Pendery will become executive chairman of the fast-growing breakfast chain.

Emerging Brands

Why Eataly Chicago is a must-see

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jul. 25, 2016

Eataly Chicago closed its doors for a day just a week after opening in December. Why? Not even the operators foresaw how popular it would be.

Consumer Trends

How did we do? A look back at Technomic’s 2016 food predictions

By Jill Failla on Dec. 27, 2016

Here is a brief look back to see how our 2016 food trend forecast played out.

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.

Operations

7 remedies for restaurant problems arriving tomorrow

By Lizzy Freier, Peter Romeo and Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 12, 2017

Potholes, dead ahead! The first two days of the Restaurant Leadership Conference brought to light a number of looming problems--as well as some possible solutions.

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