UNO Pizzeria & Grill

Tijuana Flats taps 35-year chain veteran for CEO post

The appointment is part of a realignment of top management at the regional fast-casual brand.

Uno Pizzeria & Grill

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Top 500 Chains

2017 Top 500: Varied Menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

Marketing

This week’s restaurant nightmares, special edition: The worst

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 02, 2017

How low can restaurants sink? Farther than you may have thought, suggested industry observers who set out to find that outer boundary. Here, in a special edition of Restaurant Nightmares, are the absolute worst restaurant dishes, names and demonic collaborations.

Darden names Lee as CEO

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 23, 2015

The casual-dining giant’s new board has decided its interim chief was the right person to lead the company on a less-tentative basis.

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.

Food

Everything you need to know about regional U.S. pizza styles

By Lauren Hallow on Nov. 22, 2016

Pizza may be a national staple, but its different styles vary based on regions, from the Quad Cities to New Haven. With regional menu items such as Nashville chicken popping up on menus, could pizza be the next regional hit?