Feathers have been flying in the quick-service chicken sector as two major brands retool under new ownership, a third adjusts to a change in executive leadership and all struggle to compensate for soaring commodity costs and endlessly spiraling...

As KFC gears up for a major rebranding initiative with the launch of “grilled” chicken next year, some competitors are taking aim at the segment leader and questioning its plan while others say their marketing efforts will continue to...

Quick-service restaurant operators that have turned to outside firms to screen job candidates report immediate improvements in worker retention, offering relief from the segment’s notoriously high turnover. Atlanta-based Church’s...

With profit margins shrinking by the minute and loans more difficult to come by, more operators are garnering elusive capital for growth by selling their real estate assets and then leasing them back. Last month, Lone Star Funds, the...

When the buyout bubble burst last year, not all restaurant-related deals were washed away.Instead, the deals—still driven largely by the same private-equity firms behind the shopping spree of recent years—now take into account the limited access...

Facing discouraging economic forecasts, gloomy consumers with thinning wallets and a weak U.S. dollar, American restaurant franchisors are hinging their growth plans increasingly on far-away lands.In recent weeks, many operators have announced...