Red Robin

Food

Bacon is sizzling on chain menus

Chefs at restaurant chains are taking bacon beyond the traditional applications, tempting customers with new techniques and products.

Technology

Red Robin hires Darla Morse as CIO

She joins the casual chain after serving in a similar role at Carl's Jr. and Inspire Brands.

Sonic Drive-Ins has added a feature to its ordering app that will let customers tip their carhops for good service. The feature is available in 1,000 locations.

The Red Robin grill-and-bar chain is giving the virtual market a try with the offer of at least three delivery-only concepts, two sporting chicken products and the third offering salads, according to consumer reports proliferating on the internet.

The casual grill-and-bar chain revealed its plan for grabbing market share as on-premise dining returns.

A doubling of off-premise business failed to offset the loss of on-site business, the franchisor said.

Here’s a snapshot of how those operations fared during Q3, along with a look at how they intend to improve their performance.

Restaurants with reopened dining rooms have recaptured 83.9% of their pre-COVID sales.

The casual chain said several key initiatives, including its push for operational efficiencies, were accelerated by what’s been learned during the crisis.

The activist investor, which once wanted to buy the chain at $40 per share, has taken a steep loss on the stock, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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