Maggiano's Little Italy

Consumer Trends

5 chains winning special occasion visits

Here are the five restaurant chains that consumers visit the most for special occasions.

Food

4 tactics to offset hurdles of adding brunch

Adding or expanding brunch can boost customer counts—but it doesn’t come without challenges.

After serving as president of the Italian chain, the chain veteran will now oversee Chili's marketing and menu development.

Some big chains are reversing themselves on customization, delivery, portioning and new-age staffing moves.

It’s never good when employees make mistakes, but it’s even worse when they do it in a room full of reporters.

Italian heavyweight Olive Garden increased sales by 3%, helping to drive the menu category's 1.9% sales growth, to $8.5 billion.

Designed to evoke the spirit of Italian dining, it has a warm atmosphere and traditional fare

The Italian chain from Brinker debuted brunch this March

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.

The transition to the second generation of Melmans took a big step forward.

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