First Bite

Menu ebbs and flows are part of the restaurant business. Taco Bell, Wendy’s and KFC have all recently dropped and added menu items. For Chick-fil-A, however, the menu hasn’t experienced many changes until fairly recently.  ...

New Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan addressed investors for the first time at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting on Thursday shortly after taking the helm at the Seattle-based coffee chain earlier than expected. The day before Narasimhan...

A new report from Brand Finance reiterates what many of us have been seeing for some time now – Texas Roadhouse is on a tear. The brand valuation consultancy company’s annual report on the most valuable and strongest restaurant brands...

Papa Johns and Pizza Hut have touted their third-party delivery partnerships as a boon to their financial performance. Quarter after quarter, Papa Johns CEO Rob Lynch has credit third-party aggregators with helping to boost some of the post...

The Women’s Foodservice Forum is an annual event – with activations throughout the year digitally – where women and male allies gather to discuss issues like pay parity, gender equality, childcare, burnout and more...

Commodities inflation and cost of labor increases are two universal problems that have been plaguing the restaurant industry since the COVID-19 pandemic began to wane. But for upscale dining brands like Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão...

Atlanta-based quick-service giant Chick-fil-A is trying international expansion — again. But this time it’s not one-offs; it encompasses a $1 billion plan for stores across Europe and Asia...