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Rita's Ice

Top 500 Chains

Rita's Ice

Top 500 Chains

Rita's Ice

The chain serves Italian ice made fresh in-house with real fruit

Rita's Ice

Jun. 11, 2017

Specializing in Italian ice made fresh on-site with real fruit and served within 36 hours of mixing

2017 Top 500: Frozen Dessert

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Dairy Queen comprises more than half of the frozen desserts menu category's sales, which as a whole grew just 1.5%, to $6.3 billion.

Technology

Restaurant Business tests chain apps

By Sara Rush Wirth and Benita Gingerella on Oct. 30, 2016

With most chains trying to score valuable real estate on their customers’ phones, the Restaurant Business team took a look at 25 restaurant apps to see what’s working—and what’s not.

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.

Chipotle testing a rare menu change

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 31, 2016

The chain may look to jumpstart sales with new craft beverages.

Rick Berman’s crusade against Chipotle continues

By Kelsey Nash on Oct. 08, 2015

The Center for Consumer Freedom’s latest attack ad takes issue with the chain’s tofu and beans.

OpenTable ‘reviewers’ pick top trend-influencing restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 01, 2015

New York is the favored hunting grounds of foodies, but Minnesota and Oregon pose some competition.

Concept to scout: secrets of David Chang’s fast casual

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 13, 2015

Traffic at the Fuku fried-chicken concept in New York City was so heavy during Week One that the tiny store had to shut for two days to readjust to the demand.