Joumana Lollobrigida grew up around restaurants with her stepfather’s New York City-based franchise business, and now she is ...

Evidence of the pandemic’s lingering impact on the restaurant industry is perhaps most evident in the underperformance of the ...

Dunkin’ is celebrating June 7, National Doughnut Day, by handing out a free doughnuts with every beverage purchase on that ...

Bojangles today announced the addition of a corporate catering channel. Customers can now place catering orders from ...

Chipotle offers everything from pet insurance to a matching contribution to 401(k) workers’ student loan repayments.

Pratt has served as Portillo’s COO since 2021. Prior, he was with Starbucks and also has experience with McDonald’s.

Rubio’s Chapter 11 filing comes less than a week after the fast casual concept abruptly closed nearly 50 California locations ...

Marketing executives from Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill and Primo Partners share how they’re connecting their businesses with the communities they serve.

You might expect the largest chains, with marketing power, purchasing power, and momentum behind them, to have an advantage when it comes to opening new locations, but with a few notable exceptions ...

An interesting thing about this industry is there is a large degree of imitation whenever something proves successful. Consider the chicken sandwich wars as exhibit A here. Such imitation (which is a ...

It’s a new era for the coffee category. Whereas once Starbucks (and to a lesser extent, Dunkin’) were the undisputed kings of this segment, new competitors have entered the ring over the past several ...

Other big winners in the category include boba concept Gong Cha, which opened 35 restaurants as sales jumped by 29%; Ziggi’s Coffee, now at 78 units compared to 65 in 2022 (an 20% increase) as sales ...