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Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom

Financing

Old Chicago owner CraftWorks acquires Logan’s Roadhouse

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 01, 2018

The merger will create the latest multibrand restaurant company.

Marketing

10 most alluring LTOs on menus in July

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 09, 2018

These limited-time offers grabbed attention this summer.

Top 500 Chains

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom

Jun. 19, 2018
Leadership

CEO of Old Chicago and Rock Bottom's parent resigns

By Peter Romeo on May 17, 2018

Fred Beilstein is adding the duties of CEO to his CFO responsibilities on an interim basis.

Beverage

Tapping the craft-beer craving

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Jul. 14, 2015

Although operators do have customers who are loyal to the beer they drank in college, there is increasing demand for smaller-batch beers, seasonal brews and those with a local pedigree.

2017 Top 500: Varied Menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

Consumer Trends

Consumers reveal which restaurant chains earn their loyalty

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 09, 2018

See which brand beat Denny’s, Applebee’s and others in a new ranking of full-service concepts by the strength of their customer following.

Food

How to overcome the challenges of customizable menus

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 19, 2016

In a 2015 Technomic survey, 72 percent of consumers said they now expect restaurants to allow them to customize meals. But it can be a struggle to execute.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom

Jun. 11, 2017

Specializing in authentic Chicago-style pizza and a selection of more than 100 global beers

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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