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Menu Tracker: New items from McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pizza Hut

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Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opens first airport location

Jan 27, 2022

Coming' in hot! Pizza Hut launches New Spicy Lover's pizza

Jan 27, 2022

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The Hummus and Pita Co. marks 10-year anniversary with expansion goals

Jan 12, 2022

Denny’s plans Reef partnership for urban delivery

Jan 11, 2022

M&A activity heats up for franchise operators

Jan 21, 2022

How Everytable executives Christine Hasircoglu and Bryce Fluellen are building pathways to leadership for the disempowered

Jan 18, 2022

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Meet the Top 500 restaurant chains in America

Jun 21, 2021

NRN and Datassential present the definitive guide to restaurant chain performance

2021 Top 500 countdown: The 50 biggest restaurants in America

Jun 21, 2021

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News ranks the largest restaurant chains by domestic systemwide sales, giving a...

10 takeaways from the Top 500 and 2020 performance

Jun 21, 2021

There were winners and losers—and the gulf between them widened.

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Starbucks drops vaccination mandate for employees after Supreme Court ruling

Jan 20, 2022

Starbucks had previously outlined a plan to follow OSHA’s requirement for employees to provide proof of vaccination or undergo weekly testing

McDonald’s to expand McPlant to about 600 U.S. stores in February

Jan 20, 2022

Burger giant plans to follow 8-unit test with larger market trial in the San Francisco Bay Area and Dallas-Fort Worth starting Feb. 14

Wendy’s mulls raising debt

Jan 19, 2022

Burger brand would use proceeds to support growth, issue dividends or repurchase shares

Taco Bell Business School seeks future restaurant leaders

Jan 19, 2022

Franchisee training program seeks to tear down barriers to ownership for underrepresented groups

14 things we learned at the 2022 ICR Conference

Jan 14, 2022

For the second year in a row, the ICR Conference shifted to a virtual format for 2022. Dozens of restaurant companies presented...

Golden Corral looks at smaller units, possible value steakhouse

Dec 21, 2021

CEO Lance Trenary outlines pivots made by the buffet brand during COVID

Arby’s head of brand innovation, Ellen Rose, shares the keys to the chain’s success

Nov 30, 2021

Menu innovation and culturally relevant marketing keep the restaurants top of mind

Slim Chickens plots expansion in fast-casual space

Nov 23, 2021

Better-chicken brand signs several multi-unit development deals

How 24 restaurant companies performed in their most recent quarters

Nov 22, 2021

Chains continue to report increases over 2019 despite labor shortages and supply-chain issues

Krispy Kreme’s transformation to a fresh doughnuts-everywhere brand

Nov 16, 2021

Mike Tattersfield explains the growth opportunity ahead with the move to an omnichannel hub-and-spoke model

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