Millennials Are the New Meal Tickets for Restaurants
They’re adding exotic sauces and electrical outlets, donning Twitter handles and serving shareable plates. Restaurateurs have gone a-courtin’. The target…
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Restaurant Performance Index Declined in August
Restaurant operators report softer sales and traffic levels Washington, DC (RestaurantNews.com) As a result of softer same-store sales and customer…
Restaurant Chain Growth Report 09/29/15
RestaurantData.com has released its latest Restaurant Chain Growth Report. Growing Concepts of Multi Unit Operators Concepts that have grown by at…
Restaurants Stepping up Breakfast for Dinner Options
Restaurant chains are offering the most important meal of the day – all day – as they look to satisfy…
Limited Time Offer Pumpkin Beverages Spice Up Business for Foodservice Operators
Chicago, IL (RestaurantNews.com) It’s that time a year again for falling leaves, football games, and the annual tradition of limited-time…
New York State Approves $15 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers
New York state will gradually raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour – the first time…
1st Half 2015, U.S. Restaurant Location Closings and Successes by the Numbers
Restaurantdata.com launches a breakthrough benchmark service, the Restaurant Investor Report. Estimators, risk managers and futurists now have hand verified, actionable…
Fast Food’s New Target: The Snack Attack
Forget the Big Mac attack. Now is the time of the snack attack. After years of slinging super-sized servings, some…
Dinova: Corporations Spending More at Restaurants
Second Quarter Results Provide Good News for Industry Experiencing Traffic Slowdowns in Transient Dining Atlanta, GA (RestaurantNews.com) Dinova LLC has…
Restaurant Performance Index Rose in July
Majority of operators reported higher same-store sales and customer traffic; Operators are more tentative in their outlook for sales and…
Could Rising Minimum-Wage Bring Robots to the Restaurant Workforce?
Crowded. That’s how Ed Rensi remembers what life was like working at McDonald’s in 1966. There were about double the…
Restaurants Are Facing a Serious Chef Shortage
Even America’s finest restaurants say hiring has become incredibly difficult. “There aren’t enough qualified cooks — or unqualified cooks,” says…
Restaurants: Serving Up Opportunity for America’s Young People
Washington, DC (RestaurantNews.com) As summer winds down and students head back to school, the National Restaurant Association is highlighting the…
Trendsytia MRC releases “Most Meaningful Foodservice Trends” for Q4 2015
Maryland-based consultancy shares high-level insights that will be analyzed and shared over the next six months (RestaurantNews.com) Trendystia MRC (Maryland…
Over 29k Restaurant Jobs added Across Segments in July
Restaurant industry employment continued its upward trajectory in July, adding at least 20,000 jobs for the 17th time in the…
Dampened Outlook Causes Restaurant Performance Index Decline in June
Same-store sales remained positive; operators less optimistic about the economy Washington, DC (RestaurantNews.com) As a result of a somewhat dampened…
Study: Raising wages to $15 an hour for limited-service restaurant employees would raise prices 4.3 percent
West Lafayette, IN (RestaurantNews.com) Raising wages to $15 an hour for limited-service restaurant employees would lead to an estimated 4.3…
10 Trends Reshaping the Restaurant Industry
by Aaron Allen Restaurant Consultant, Speaker & Industry Analyst Aaron Allen & Associates It isn’t enough to know that the…
New York Plans $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers
The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher…
OpenTable Research Reveals What Diners Actually Want from Technology
“Technology and Dining Out 2015” Study Explores What Diners Want – and Don’t Want – from Technology Before, During and…
Restaurants Add 30K Jobs in June After Choppy Performance This Year
Washington, DC (RestaurantNews.com) The National Restaurant Association’s Chief Economist Bruce Grindy breaks down the latest employment trends from today’s Department…
Restaurant Performance Index Remained in Positive Territory in May
Despite softer same-store sales and customer traffic levels, restaurant operators remain optimistic about business conditions in months ahead Washington, DC …