Darden to offer up to 4 paid hours to workers for COVID vaccines

Jan 26, 2021

Restaurants, groceries begin to outline policies as frontline employees near eligibility

Wyman Roberts led Brinker in creating a 1,050-unit virtual brand overnight

Jan 20, 2021

Meet the innovative, inclusive and industry changing leaders of the 2021 NRN Power List

Pandemic recovery will be uneven, but restaurants will emerge stronger, the NRA’s Hudson Riehle and BTIG’s Peter Saleh tell ICR attendees

Jan 12, 2021

Ghost kitchens, curbside delivery and retail sales are here to stay, the experts told the virtual conference

Darden’s Gene Lee remains skeptical off-premise boom is ‘sticky’

Jan 11, 2021

CEO of Olive Garden, LongHorn parent says consumers will want to get back into restaurants as COVID-19 eases

Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee elected board chair, Rick Cardenas promoted to president and COO, Raj Vennam promoted to COO

Dec 18, 2020

Same-store sales decline as more dining rooms close

Tech Tracker: Rick Bayless turns to ghost kitchens; delivery moves from Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Little Caesars

Oct 14, 2020

Tune in Oct. 15: Senior Editor Nancy Luna will be moderating a Restaurants Rise powered by MUFSO session on “Touchless Tech” with panelists from White Castle, El Pollo Loco and Tocaya Organica

Darden Restaurants Inc. finds consumer demand exceeds limited COVID-19 capacity

Sep 24, 2020

COVID-19 restrictions continue to limit possible in-restaurant seating at Olive Garden, other casual-dining restaurants, CEO Gene Lee says

Chain restaurant CEO compensation in 2020 takes a pandemic-related hit

Sep 02, 2020

But after taking initial pay cuts, the salaries of many executives have been restored

Papa John’s, Darden investor Starboard Value seeks $300 million for blank-check acquisition

Aug 18, 2020

Starboard Value formed a blank check company to acquire a private company and bring it public, possibly in the consumer and hospitality industries

Top 100 foodservice companies’ performance signal trouble ahead for the industry

Aug 17, 2020

The annual Nation’s Restaurant News analysis of foodservice revenue and growth begins to show the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, but also a year of mergers and acquisitions