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Operations

Legal Sea Foods’ new problem-solving philosophy brings a sea change

With inspiration from an unlikely source, operations have changed significantly inside the kitchens of Legal Sea Foods, the high-volume polished-casual operation concentrated along the East Coast. 

Top 500 Chains

Legal Sea Foods

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Leadership

Union Square Hospitality names a new president

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 18, 2019

Chip Wade, a longtime ops specialist for Darden Restaurants, will take the job next month.

Top 500 Chains

Legal Sea Foods

Jun. 19, 2018
Top 500 Chains

Legal Sea Foods

Jun. 12, 2017

The chain is launching a fast-casual spinoff with build-your-own bowls

Legal Sea Foods

Jun. 11, 2017

An upscale concept focused on serving “top of the catch” seafood

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.

Legal Sea Foods to launch fast-casual chain

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 14, 2017

Legal Sea Foods launches a fast-casual build-your-own bowl concept called Legal Fish Bowl.

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.

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.