Financing
How Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers survived the pandemic
The fast-growing burger chain generated long lines with new openings and cut its service times down.
Leadership
Phil Hickey, Scott Redler, Joe Essa named the restaurant business’ top operators
Along with fellow Silver Plate winner Brandon Chrostowski, a fine-dining chef-turned-educator and trainer, the three are finalists for one of foodservice’s top honors, the Gold Plate Award.
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.