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Food

Jimmy John’s rolls out new bread option

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 05, 2018

The 9-Grain Wheat Sub, the sandwich chain’s first bread shake-up in 20 years, features ancient grains.

Workforce

7 franchise chains agree to drop ‘no-poaching’ bans

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 13, 2018

The agreement with Washington’s attorney general comes as the chief legal officers of 11 other states are pursuing an investigation into the practice.

Top 500 Chains

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

Jun. 14, 2018
Leadership

Jimmy John’s makes new hires in the C-suite

By Heather Lalley on May 23, 2018

The sandwich chain has named new development and marketing officers.

Marketing

Chains with the most memorable advertising by gender

By Lisa White on Apr. 07, 2017

The concepts winning with their marketing efforts aren’t necessarily grabbing the full audience. Here’s a look at the chains resonating with different genders as well as those scoring with both.

2017 Top 500: Sandwich

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

The sandwich category increased sales by 2.9% and units by 0.3%, despite category heavyweight Subway's 1.7% sales decline and 1.3% unit decline.

Marketing

Operators tackle tailgating season with off-premise offers

By Lisa White on Aug. 23, 2017

Restaurants are giving football fans ordering flexibility, menu variety and out-of-the-box options before they hit the stands.

Food

Jimmy John's asked to pull sprouts because of salmonella fears

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 19, 2018

Health authorities say an investigation of the situation is continuing.

The big business of franchising

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 15, 2015

Top franchise companies are driving growth, finds researcher Technomic's Top 400 Franchise Report. The 200 largest franchisees grew sales 8.2 percent in 2014, 2.5 times the rate of the Top 500 chains. Unit growth among these companies, too, was three times higher than their franchisors.

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.

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