Operations
This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Strange sales remedies
Tough times can push restaurateurs to extremes in their pursuit of sales. Here are some examples of that unconventional behavior.
Panera Bread launches first ever city-wide delivery in Louisville
The chain says the market will be the first to get citywide delivery as a result of the Panera 2.0 high-tech retooling.
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.