Joe's Crab Shack

Early experimenter with no tipping says it's not working

By Peter Romeo on May 05, 2016

Or at least not in 14 of the 18 restaurants that switched to a revenue-sharing model for compensating servers, revealed Ignite Restaurants, parent of the Joe's Crab Shack chain. Joe's was the first full-service restaurant chain of scale to experiment with the discontinuation of tipping.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Ah, indulgence!

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 04, 2016

This week's look at industry developments is intended for mature audiences only.

Joe’s Crab Shack said to be heading for bankruptcy

By Peter Romeo on May 04, 2017

The filing could come as early as next week, according to one report.

2017 Top 500: Seafood

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

The seafood menu category continues to slowly sink, having declined 0.8% in sales to $5.3 billion and 2.1% in unit counts to 1,377 in 2016 from the prior year.

Fertitta continues his shopping spree with late bid for Joe's, Brick House

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 16, 2017

The reported offer tops an already-inked purchase deal by almost 10%, and comes days after the Landry's owner bought 50% of Catch.

Financing

20 top full-service chains in satisfaction and sales

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 23, 2017

When it comes to restaurant brands, the sales leaders are not always consumers’ favorites for a variety of reasons. Chains best at parlaying customer satisfaction into sales are hard to beat.

Consumer Trends