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Long John Silver's

Food

Cheese curds move out of Wis. onto menus everywhere

 By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 30, 2023

Mozzarella sticks are so last century. Fried cheese curds are the ooey gooey snack of the moment.

Financing

Long John Silver's prepares for a big Lent with a new management team

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 29, 2021

The seafood-focused fast-food chain is anticipating a big season, which traditionally amounts to 20% of its annual sales.

Leadership

Long John Silver’s promotes its COO to CEO

By Heather Lalley on Jan. 19, 2021

Blain Shortreed, a longtime Yum Brands executive, will run the quick-service seafood chain as it prepares for digital growth.

Top 500 Chains

Long John Silver's

May 03, 2019

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.

Top 500 Chains

Long John Silver’s

Jun. 19, 2018

2017 Top 500: Specialty LSR

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Together, the specialty LSR category increased sales by 8.6%, to $6.9 billion, and units by 5.2%, to 11,070.

Food

6 wacky menu items making waves this summer

By Benita Gingerella on Jul. 06, 2017

Operators are featuring a slew of offerings designed to make diners do a double take. ‘Tis the season of deep-fried Twinkies and Naked Chicken Chips.

Leadership

A modern franchisee finds success with an old idea

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 18, 2018

Acquisitions have made KBP Foods one of the largest and fastest-growing franchises in the restaurant business. But the key to absorbing the expansion has been a notion that harkens back to the earliest days of KFC.

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.

Long John Silver's

Jun. 11, 2017

One of the largest quick-service seafood chains; it bought back 10 units for product testing in 2016

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