George Rice is vice chairman of Revenue Management Solutions, a pioneer in data-based solutions to pricing for restaurants and retailers. Clients have included McDonald’s, Checkers and Rally’s, and Famous Dave’s. This article...

Jim Sullivan is an NRN contributor, a keynote speaker at foodservice conferences worldwide and author of the best-selling books “Multiunit Leadership” and “Fundamentals.” You can get his product catalog and additional...

Chain’s largest franchisee to buy restaurants from Heartland Food

This week, Russia's food safety watchdog temporarily shut down four McDonald's restaurants in Moscow over sanitary violations, Reuters reports. The closures came amid worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine...

New concept to feature smaller items, new flavors

Restaurant consultant shares his tricks of the trade

Operators report a good return on investment after installing the new technology.

Franchisor’s ads, digital efforts will help, NPC International Inc. executives say

NRN editor and restaurant operations expert Ron Ruggless breaks down what you should be watching in the industry this week. Connect with him on the latest operations trends and news at @RonRuggless and ronald.ruggless@penton.com...