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Operations

Olive Garden tries new off-premise moves

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 20, 2019

The Darden Restaurants holding is still a no-go on small-order delivery, but its catering program is moving within reach of couples.

Top 500 Chains

Yard House

 May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Financing

Olive Garden backs off promotions, citing better industry conditions

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2018

The Italian chain posted a same-store sales increase of 3.5% for Q2, but Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen continued to underperform for the chains’ parent, Darden Restaurants.

Workforce

After a 5.3% rise in Olive Garden comps, Darden Restaurants plans to escalate the talent war

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 20, 2018

The casual-dining superpower says it will focus as much on recruiting and keeping employees as it will on drawing customers.

Marketing

Casual restaurant chains aim to score with new football promos

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 14, 2018

The new customer lures range from free delivery to guaranteed group reservations.

Top 500 Chains

Yard House

Jun. 19, 2018

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.

Financing

20 top full-service chains in satisfaction and sales

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 23, 2017

When it comes to restaurant brands, the sales leaders are not always consumers’ favorites for a variety of reasons. Chains best at parlaying customer satisfaction into sales are hard to beat.

U.S. Foodservice-Kansas City finishes 50,000-square-foot expansion

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 19, 2010

KANSAS CITY (March 18, 2010)—U.S. Foodservice-Kansas City has wrapped up a 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Topeka distribution facility.The extra space...

Workforce

3 ways top-performing restaurant chains retain general managers

By Alaina Lancaster on Dec. 22, 2017

Chains with winning sales numbers do these three things for their GMs.

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