Food
New menu launches run the gamut
From date night dinners to family meals and sweets, restaurants innovate to lure customers.
Operations
Sales at Chili’s drop to a third of usual volume
Delivery and takeout business has more than doubled, but off-premise is generating only about 30%-35% of former sales levels.
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.