Fast_Casual

Leadership

With its new hire, Chipotle shows it's just another QSR

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 14, 2018

The Bottom Line: The burrito chain has been trending toward normalization for some time now, and that's a good thing.

Panera to expand delivery efforts

By Kelsey Squire on Feb. 11, 2016

The chain plans to bring in-house delivery capabilities to more than 10 percent of its system this year.

Operations

3 stealable packaging Ideas from across the world

By Aaron Jourden on Jan. 04, 2017

Restaurant brands are driving engagement, enhancing value and generating buzz with innovative uses of food and drink containers.

Clay Dover named Velvet Taco president

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 27, 2017

The longtime chain marketer will be the first to hold the position, a reflection of the concept's growth plans.

Financing

Pie Five looks past fast casual to stem sales slide

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 25, 2017

The pizza chain is eying standard features of casual dining and quick-service restaurants in its bid to bounce back.

Financing

Chicken wing prices fall, and so does Wingstop stock

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 23, 2018

Investors didn't like the chain's unit growth outlook, as high wing prices last year slowed some development.

Food

Trawling with fast-casual seafood

By Sara Rush Wirth and Lauren Hallow on Feb. 16, 2016

A new school of fast-casual concepts is bringing regional seafood favorites into the mainstream, offering the sort of selections that consumers formerly found in their areas at higher-end restaurants.

Financing

What’s up Starbucks’ cup sleeve?

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2017

With or without Howard Schultz at the helm, Starbucks plans to drive innovation as part of a five-year strategy for a quantum leap in sales. Here’s a quick review.

Food