Category: Restaurant Business
Chagee cites early success from its U.S. locations
The Chinese tea chain, which opened its first store in Los Angeles a year ago, now has nine locations here, giving it a foothold for
Independent restaurants say they’re not doing as well as Sysco thinks
The Bottom Line: The Independent Restaurant Coalition, which is arguing against the Sysco-Restaurant Depot merger, is “not buying” the
Why healthy works in restaurants, but only to a point
The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the performance of Cava, the
Economic data points to a two-sided economy
The economy performed worse than expected in the first quarter and disposable personal income fell last month. Much of the spending these
Red Robin to sell 30 locations for $23.5M in refranchising push
The restaurants in Washington and Idaho will go to Evergreen Dining, an experienced operator of various brands.
The plant-based fad is officially over
The Bottom Line: The unfortunate shutdown of Clover Food Lab shows that U.S. consumers have moved on to other things, as they typically do.
Clover Food Lab shuts down as the plant-based meat trend fades
The 11-unit Massachusetts-based chain, which had been looking for a buyer, is closing its locations on Thursday, two years after it emerged
Tommy Bahama’s restaurants are thriving, on and off the beach
The clothing company has carved out a unique niche in casual dining with its combination of retail stores and restaurants that offer
How restaurants can handle the K-shaped economy
A Deeper Dive: Michelle Korsmo, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association, joins the weekly restaurant finance podcast to
Did a lower average check yield sales growth? That depends
The Bottom Line: An analysis of Technomic Top 500 data showed some correlation between average check and sales performance, but it depended