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Leadership

Darden changes leadership of Cheddar’s, Seasons 52

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 16, 2018

Dave George is overseeing Cheddar's, and John Martin will be responsible for Seasons 52.

Top 500 Chains

LongHorn Steakhouse

 Jun. 19, 2018

Darden's marching orders

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 17, 2013

The investor pushing for a breakup of Red Lobster and Olive Garden’s parent has released a comprehensive rationale for doing it. Here’s a look at the reasoning and the plan.

Food

5 Southern desserts y’all should know

By Lizzy Freier on Jan. 24, 2017

Sweet fixin's of the South are on the rise on chain restaurant menus.

LongHorn Steakhouse

Jun. 11, 2017

The Darden chain aims to offer an authentic Western steakhouse experience

Operations

This week’s restaurant nightmares: Heart stoppers

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 27, 2017

Wait—isn't Halloween still weeks away? That didn't spare restaurants from the sort of scary stories that are usually told around a campfire. The evil this time came from snakes, clowns and liars.

Consumer Trends

Customers’ most-craved beef

By Lizzy Freier on Nov. 20, 2017

See which 10 chains are winning with beef that consumers say they can’t get anywhere else.

Financing

Darden to invest $20M from tax savings into workforce

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 08, 2018

Olive Garden’s owner says reform will lower its tax rate by 600 basis points.

Break the computer habit

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 11, 2006

It’s not that George McKerrow hates computers. He just hates what computers do to restaurant workers. A 30-year industry veteran, McKerrow, founder of Longhorn Steakhouse and, more recently, co-founder (with Ted Turner) of Ted’s Montana Grill, remembers taking restaurants public as late as 1990—without the help of computers.

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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