The restaurant industry continues to face challenges even after the COVID-19 pandemic with inflation, rising costs, and changing consumer behavior. Every restaurant faces the same question: How do ...

Over the years, Nation’s Restaurant News has supported a number of nonprofit organizations that either benefit members of the restaurant industry or actively work through the restaurant industry ...

Is the golden age of the pizza chain over? While the nation’s largest pizza brands had a shining moment during the pandemic as a category uniquely well-equipped to handle the abrupt shift to off ...

Shaken consumer confidence and economic uncertainty helped push down first-quarter profits at Restaurant Brands International Inc., its chief executive said Thursday. “Through the first few ...

Outback Steakhouse wants to fix its value perception. Executives said the chain has lost share to steakhouse competitors on value, which includes pricing and food quality. Applebee’s is also ...

Houston-based Pappas Restaurants plans to acquire On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina following an auction process for the Dallas-based chain, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March.

The restaurant technology landscape is evolving at a breakneck pace, and operators are enthusiastically embracing digital tools to optimize their businesses. Yet they’re also struggling with ...

Gavin Kaysen is a star in his hometown of Minneapolis, where his Soigné Hospitality Group’s multiple concepts delight local customers, but he’s flexing beyond the Twin Cities to Florida ...

Noodles & Company’s brand transformation, centered around its March 12 menu relaunch, appears to be bearing fruit, but the fast-casual chain still has underperforming restaurants to close, chief ...

Raising Cane’s is now a top 20 restaurant brand by domestic sales. It didn’t take long to get there. The chain is only 28 years old, after all. Raising Cane’s finished 2024 at No. 18 with a ...

On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso recap the week in Q1 earnings reports, which saw results from companies like Yum Brands, Brinker ...

Based on earnings reports thus far, the first quarter wasn’t too kind to the restaurant industry. There have been a few exceptions, however, including BJ’s Restaurants, which reported a 3.2% ...