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Europe's fast casual segment to hit $17B by 2024
May 23, 2019
The fast casual sector in Europe is on track to reach $17 billion by 2024, growing at a CAGR of about 6% during 2018-2024, according the "Fast-casual Dining…
read nowNPD: Burgers still America's favorite sandwich, chicken gaining ground
May 15, 2019
Burgers have been a top item ordered at U.S. restaurants for decades, but chicken sandwiches have come on strong over the last several years, according to The…
read nowWebinar to reveal how restructuring franchise operations can lead to growth
April 30, 2019
Circle May 14 at 2 p.m. Eastern on your calendars now to make what could be marked improvements in the way your limited-service brand franchises scale from…
read now62% of restaurants feel unprepared for a mobile future
April 23, 2019
While a large percentage of restaurant operators were confident in their brand's use of mobile technology, only 48% felt prepared to capitalize on future…
read nowRestaurants to add 1.6M jobs by 2029
April 8, 2019
The restaurant industry will add 1.6 million restaurant jobs by 2029, and sales should hit $863 billion by the end of this year, according to the National…
read nowFranchisees to ramp up growth via delivery strategy
April 1, 2019
A good majority of restaurant franchisees, 71 percent, feel pressure to grow their brands this year and will likely ramp up delivery options, boost unique…
read nowMillennials with kids increase restaurant visits by 5 %
March 20, 2019
Millennials with children increased their restaurant visits by 5 percent last year over 2017, according to recent information from NPD Group. This compares…
read nowGo Go Curry America CEO: 'Japanese curry is here to stay'
January 30, 2019
Japanese food in the United States has become synonymous with sushi and ramen, but Go Go Curry America President and CEO Tomoko Omori is betting that another…
read nowGrubhub: Consumers say they order online most from fast casual brands
December 7, 2018
The fast casual industry is sizzling hot when it comes to online ordering, according to Grubhub, whose recent Year in Food report revealed that consumer…
read nowReport: In super-saturated restaurant marketplace, traffic lags
November 13, 2018
The restaurant industry racked up five straight months of positive same-store sales growth in October, but traffic growth was negative again, data company…
read nowKitchen United closes $10M funding round led by Google Ventures
October 8, 2018
Kitchen United, a virtual restaurant startup, recently closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Google Ventures, according to a press release.
read nowStudy: Restaurant brands going public can rake it in with 2-stage IPO
September 20, 2018
Restaurant leadership mulling over the process of taking brands public would do well to listen to some of the recent findings from a Florida Atlantic…
read nowTaco Bell, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Domino's. driving restaurant sector sales growth through year's end
September 11, 2018
Technomic today released its Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report 2018 Forecast indicating that for those leading 500 chains, sales will grow 3.2 percent by year's…
read nowSmoothie King celebrates 1000th store
August 24, 2018
Smoothie King opened its 1,000th store Thursday, in Richardson, Texas, according to a press release.
read nowIndependent restaurant count down 2 percent
August 22, 2018
NPD reported today that a 2 percent decline in U.S. independent restaurant brands contributed to a 1 percent drop in the nation's overall restaurant count this…
read nowTop food trends now: The 'women' have spoken
June 20, 2018
The women have spoken, and they have some interesting ideas about where food is going in the years ahead. Les Dames d'Escoffier International — 2,300 women…
read nowRestaurant sales flat, but traffic still vanishing along with employees
June 8, 2018
TDn2K reported that chain store comp sales gained slightly over the rolling three-month period, up 0.8 percent, though comp traffic dropped 2.9 percent in May…
read nowApril restaurant sales best in nearly 3 years
May 17, 2018
For the restaurant industry, April did indeed bring showers, but those of increased business, according to the most recent data from TDn2K, showing that…
read nowFast casual sector sees single-digit growth in 2017
May 9, 2018
The fast casual segment has rebounded since 2016, and has experienced a consecutive year of single-digit sales growth performance in 2017, according to…
read nowStudy: Fast casual delivery customers prefer to order via restaurant over third-party aggregates
April 16, 2018
A majority of delivery customers prefer to order directly from a restaurant website or app than from third-party aggregators, according to the Delivery Index…
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