Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present the Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. In 2022, a mind-blowing 456 restaurant companies in ...

It took 18 years for Twin Peaks to hit its 100 th 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 ...

The concept of a “pop-up restaurant” – which essentially began as “supper clubs” in the 1960s – didn’t begin appearing on Google Search until around 2009. At the height of the ...

The 2023 Top 500 report, presented by Nation’s Restaurant News in partnership with Datassential, is the premier destination for restaurant leaders interested in benchmarking their success ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. At the end of 2022, the Top 500 restaurants ...

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 ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America. Having all this data in one place makes it easier to ...

2024 has come and mostly gone, offering another mixed bag of results for an industry still trying to find solid footing after a tumultuous few years. While 2024 did not bear witness to any major ...

Darden Restaurants Inc., parent to such casual-dining chains as Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, and Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, has agreed to buy Chuy's Holdings Inc. in a $605 million deal ...

Popeyes’ fires first shot in chicken wrap wars, Sweetgreen seasons things up, and Dave’s gets the big money Popeyes’ fires first shot in chicken wrap wars, Sweetgreen seasons things up, and ...

Sweetgreen finished 2023 on a better foot than it started and, while the chain still hasn’t reached profitability, it’s getting closer, according to its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings ...

It would be a mistake to say that 2022 was a return to business as usual for restaurant companies. After all, “usual” for restaurants doesn’t typically include white-hot inflation, an ...