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 ...

Blaze Pizza has named Jaime Denney as chief operations officer, the company confirmed Tuesday. Atlanta-based Blaze said Denney joins the company with more than 25 years of leadership experience in ...

This week on Nation's Restaurant News, the top story was “Denny’s CEO Kelli Valade shares how the restaurant chain can maintain the title of ‘America’s Favorite Diner.’” In the second ...

Kelli Valade learned about the importance of leadership development in restaurants at an early age; when she was a teenager, her bosses at the Big Boy where she worked in Upstate New York ...

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” in his book The Great Good Place, published in 1989. Starbucks unquestionably mainstreamed the idea of having a physical place that ...

Irvine, Calif.-based burger chain In-N-Out confirmed that the company is making several changes to its ingredient sourcing policies, including the removal of artificial food coloring from its pink ...

I ordered takeout from a wings restaurant on Super Bowl Sunday. Big mistake. The 45-minute wait nearly cost me kickoff. I stood there, surrounded by frantic delivery drivers, flashing hazard ...

The restaurant industry continues to face challenges even after the COVID-19 pandemic with inflation, rising costs, and changing consumer behavior. Every restaurant faces the same question: How do ...

There are several consumer signals flashing red right now, indicating that Americans are feeling pessimistic about the current (and future) state of the economy. Perhaps the most urgent signal is ...

Traffic challenges continued in the restaurant industry in the first quarter, driven by consumer uncertainty, according to the Q1 2025 Technomic Consumer and Operator Outlook. Lori Rakoczy ...

The first Starbucks café constructed entirely of 3D-printed materials is opening soon in Brownsville, Texas, the city announced on Instagram last month. Local media page, Brownsville Today ...