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The Technomic Top 500 - Restaurant Business
The 2024 Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report is out. Check out the annual ranking of the 500 largest restaurant chains in the U.S. by
These are the big menu trends to watch in 2024 - Restaurant …
Jan 3, 2024 · Happy hour is the new dinner. Consumers looking for value are subbing happy hour drinks and bar bites for pricier dinners. Many restaurants offer discounted happy hour menus with chef-driven food and drinks with a range of alcohol levels—a must-have in 2024.
The 10 largest restaurant chains in the U.S. - Restaurant Business
Apr 16, 2024 · The 10 largest U.S. restaurant chains represented 44% of total sales generated last year by the Technomic Top 500 ranking. There was little movement in the ranking last year, however, with one exception: Chipotle, which moved up the list.
Top 500 Chains - Restaurant Business
The Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report is a measure of the largest restaurant concepts by U.S. systemwide sales, based on results from the 2019 calendar year. Relevant information is accrued using a combination of public company financial filings, direct operator surveying, franchise disclosure documents and proprietary valuation algorithms.
Buffalo Wild Wings has big plans for small-scale spinoff BWW Go
Apr 11, 2024 · Emerging Brands Buffalo Wild Wings has big plans for small-scale spinoff BWW Go The full-service chicken wing chain this week opened its 100th Go location and has franchisee commitments to open nearly 600 more of the takeout-focused restaurants.
10 restaurant chains that closed the most locations last year
May 6, 2024 · Some have closed more than others, however. Several perpetually struggling brands closed large swaths of restaurants in 2023. Here are the 10 chains that pulled back the most last year, based on percentage of total U.S. unit count, according to data from the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report.. The chains had to operate at least 40 locations …
Focus Brands is changing its name to GoTo Foods - Restaurant …
Feb 20, 2024 · Operations Focus Brands is changing its name to GoTo Foods The parent of McAlister's Deli, Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, Schlotzsky's and Moe's Southwest Grill is evolving into a "platform business."
Pizza Hut | 2024 - Restaurant Business
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The 10 largest fast-casual restaurant chains by sales
Jun 4, 2024 · It was overall a good year for fast casual concepts in 2023, despite growing fears about the more challenging macroeconomic climate. These top brands, however, cater to a higher-income consumer, who in 2023 was less inclined to push back on inflationary menu price hikes that contributed to these sales increases.