Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

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Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

American homestyle entrees and housemade bakery items and desserts with 24-hour service

See which 10 chains are meeting consumers’ morning cravings the most.

The casual giant is countering shareholders’ demands for board control by proposing a slate that includes Burns, the former chief of O’Charley’s, and Silva, a fast-food veteran with deep international experience.

Although trendy new breakfast-and-lunch-only eateries continue to pop up, they’ve yet to top legacy brands for consumers’ overall favorite family-style restaurants.

The 24-hour chain is known for its all-day breakfast and in-house bakery

Competition between the buns heats up as operators raise their game to win customers.

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.

While some of the legacy brands (such as IHOP and Bob Evans) saw declines, Technomic Chief Insights Officer Darren Tristano expects breakfast-and-lunch concepts to keep growing.

Check out four operators that are sketching out professional pathways for employees.

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