It took 18 years for Twin Peaks to hit its 100th location, which it did at the end of May with a location near Indianapolis. If all goes to plan, it will take just five years to open the next 100 ...

Most consumers plan to reduce their restaurant spending New data from Popmenu finds that 67% of Americans are reducing spending on everything, with 61% pulling back on dining out ...

The elimination of taxes on tips took one step closer to reality on Tuesday. The U.S. Senate passed Trump’s budget and tax bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill includes ...

Emerging restaurant brands are no doubt fun to follow. They’re often bringing new menu and branding ideas to the table, tapping into consumer trends in creative ways that showcase a glimpse into ...

The pizza category had a tough year in 2024. According to Technomic’s Top 500, 61% of pizza chains experienced declining sales last year, including two of the four biggest chains: Pizza Hut ...

Joanna Fantozzi is a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She has more than seven years of experience writing about the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her ...

In Nation’s Restaurant News’ second year of analyzing the Technomic America’s Favorite Chains data, we found some surprising restaurants and some not-at-all surprising ones. Like last year ...

Inspire Brands is a privately held juggernaut, owned by companies controlled by Atlanta-based Roark Capital: Its six chains combined saw 2024 sales in excess of $29.5 billion, according to ...

Nation’s Restaurant News has obtained the addresses of 29 closed Perkins Restaurant & Bakery and Marie Callender’s restaurants. The underperforming locations were shuttered Sunday by parent ...

For nearly five decades, Nation’s Restaurant News has tracked the performance of the industry’s largest chains through its annual Top 200 research. And in most of those years, the data, which ...

At first glance, the Technomic Top 500 appears to show healthy growth for the biggest restaurant brands in the U.S. Sales grew by 7.8% to a robust $424 billion, while unit counts grew by 1.8% to ...

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