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Food

8 new menu items for the new year

Restaurants aim to feed consumers’ often conflicting desires as 2019 begins.

Financing

JAB: The new restaurant powerhouse

Here's a look at JAB's acquisitions and restaurant concepts.

Financing

Krispy Kreme to buy a majority stake in Insomnia Cookies

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 20, 2018

The cookie chain will operate as a stand-alone company following the sale.

Financing

Krispy Kreme reportedly near deal to buy Insomnia Cookies

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 19, 2018

Report says the JAB-backed doughnut chain wants to take on the fast-growing cookie concept, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Top 500 Chains

Krispy Kreme

Jun. 19, 2018
Consumer Trends

The top 10 chains that satisfy cravings

By Lizzy Freier on Jan. 22, 2018

Customers share which brands have the menu items they most crave and can’t get anywhere else.

Operations

Top restaurant newsmakers of 2017

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 27, 2017

Count Mother Nature squarely among the parties generating the loudest buzz, along with a hotelier in a new job and a one-time online bookseller.

Marketing

Cashing in on the eclipse

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 18, 2017

As the skies darken, restaurants are lighting up with specials.

Top 500 Chains

Krispy Kreme

Jun. 12, 2017

The chain sold to JAB Holdings for $1.35 billion

Krispy Kreme

Jun. 11, 2017

Old-fashioned doughnut shop making doughnuts on an assembly line in view of onlookers