Golden Corral, a buffet-style midscale restaurant chain based in Raleigh, N.C., opened its fast-casual offshoot Homeward Kitchen in fall 2023. Earlier this month, the company announced it would ...

The owner of Taco Bell is about to get a big new partner in its technology drive: The AI chipmaker Nvidia. Yum Brands announced a partnership with the Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia to bring ...

Friedman Properties, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development firm, today announced Mendocino Farms, the chef-driven fast-casual restaurant known for its gourmet sandwiches and ...

Mobile order-ahead is becoming one of the most popular channels for limited-service restaurants: 7 in 10 customers under the age of 55 say that they use mobile order-ahead features, according to a ...

Maria Rivera has left growing sliders concept Smalls Sliders. The company confirmed her departure in an email to Nation’s Restaurant News. No further information was provided. In a statement ...

A new National Restaurant Association report looks at how technology, especially artificial intelligence and automation, is helping operators in recruitment and retention, the industry group said ...

When Kirk Tanner became CEO of Wendy’s in February 2024, it was a big change — and not just because he was becoming the CEO of one of the largest restaurant companies in the U.S., one that ...

Restaurants created a record number of limited-time offers in 2024. That’s according to Technomic. Restaurants and convenience stores issued nearly 37,000 limited-time offers last year.

Consumer sentiment fell again in March, after sliding nearly 10% in February, according to the University of Michigan’s latest index released Friday. March numbers measuring consumers' outlook ...

Branding is an ongoing journey, but many restaurant operators think of it as a one-time effort — something to check off a list before opening day. The effort put toward branding should never be ...

Suppose you had a time machine and you travelled back to 1940. Not only would you get a snapshot of that momentous season in American history when the nation teetered between an economic ...

The Consumer Price Index report for February increased 2.8% year-over-year, compared to 3% in January, showing signs of cooling and driven largely by a 4% drop in airline fares. Despite ...