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This week’s restaurant nightmares: Temporary insanity?

This week’s goddammit moments were not of the passive variety. Operators were plunged into a crisis by the remarkably bad decisions they made, some after what had to have been considerable deliberation.

Instead of following the lead, these trendsetting operations have changed the game with unique, new business plans. So they've become the ones to watch.

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.

The pizza chain is partnering with Toyota on self-driving delivery units.

We asked the industry’s “upperclassmen” to share the skills that have served them well in this business. Hospitality schools, are you listening?

A New Brunswick-based operator of KFCs and Pizza Huts plans to develop the bakery-cafes across Canada.

This weekend should be big for chains doing more delivery and takeout.

Demand for delivered pizzas typically soars next Sunday, but the third-largest player is resorting to a discount to get its share.

Sales slipped at Pizza Hut and in the parent company’s China segment.

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