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Workforce

Restaurants re-engineer ops, benefits to counter labor spike

 By Peter Romeo on Jan. 09, 2018

Some responses have been extreme—and controversial.

Financing

Tax reform has restaurants confident heading into 2018

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 10, 2018

But companies at the ICR Conference reveal the industry’s conflicting challenges regarding sales.

Operations

A next step for delivery?

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 23, 2018

Operators take a hybrid approach to off-premise.

Emerging Brands

Inside Red Robin's delivery-only concept

By Heather Lalley on Jan. 23, 2018

The full-service chain hopes its “virtual” format will fly.

Operations

Off-premise boom drives sweeping ops changes

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 24, 2018

Restaurants are reformatting their layouts and processes to accommodate the shift in their business toward takeout, delivery and catering.

Financing

Who could Inspire Brands buy?

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 15, 2018

The Bottom Line: Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings want to buy more brands, and they have plenty of choices.

Financing

Turnaround plans yield results in casual dining

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 26, 2018

The latest flurry of earnings reports show clear sales and traffic improvement for a number of the sector's big brands.

Operations

Domino’s XXX option and 4 other head-spinning developments

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 01, 2018

Even the pizza chain was startled by the new way that's been blazed to order a pie. And that's only one of the extreme moves that turned heads this week.

Consumer Trends

Yelp users’ favorite casual chains

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 05, 2018

A new analysis also shows what differentiates a good user-generated review from a negative one.

Operations

Famous Dave's to try delivery-only format

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 20, 2018

The casual chain is looking at kitchen-only formats after shrinking the size and tweaking the back of house of its conventional stores.

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