Restaurant Business Magazine - Trends, Ideas and News

For Starbucks, 2 years of change hasn't yielded promised results

KFC is struggling in the U.S., and not just due to weather

Long lines at kiosks can stress customers, study finds

RB Daily

Your quick morning dose of the restaurant news you need, every weekday, from the editors of Restaurant Business.

A Deeper Dive

"A Deeper Dive" is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze.

Menu Talk

“Menu Feed”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

Restaurant Rewind

"Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today.

Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

Exclusive Content

For Starbucks, 2 years of change hasn't yielded promised results

The Bottom Line: The coffee shop giant’s sales struggles worsened earlier this year, despite a flurry of efforts to improve operations and employee satisfaction.

Nando's Americanizes its menu a bit as U.S. expansion continues

Behind the Menu: Favorites like mac and cheese, bowls and salads join the fast casual’s Afro-Portuguese-rooted dishes, including the signature peri-peri chicken.

The consumer is cutting back, but not everywhere

The Bottom Line: Early earnings from major restaurant chains suggest the consumer has taken a distinct turn for the worse so far in 2024.

Restaurant service charges are suddenly everywhere. What gives?

Labor Pains

Top 500 Chains

The Reinvention of Starbucks

Future 50 2023

Same-Store Sales Tracker

Restaurant tech firm InKind acquires Etta Collective out of bankruptcy

The two-unit Etta Collective went to the highest bidder for $4 million and InKind CEO Johann Moonesinghe plans to restart growth.

KFC is struggling in the U.S., and not just due to weather

The venerable chicken chain is losing ground to Popeyes and other chicken restaurant competitors domestically. But parent company Yum Brands says it has a plan for a reset.

STK parent One Group completes acquisition of Benihana for $365M

The deal nearly triples One Group's footprint and brings its total annual revenue to more than $1 billion.

Wingstop is doing great. Here's how CEO Michael Skipworth says the chicken chain can do even better

After a strong first quarter, Dallas-based Wingstop expects double-digit same-store sales growth this year, as it plans on becoming a Top 10 global restaurant brand.

For Starbucks, 2 years of change hasn't yielded promised results

The Bottom Line: The coffee shop giant’s sales struggles worsened earlier this year, despite a flurry of efforts to improve operations and employee satisfaction.

Long lines at kiosks can stress customers, study finds

Guests feel more rushed and order less food when others queue up behind them, according to new research from Temple University.

Donatos Pizza CEO Tom Krouse to retire; Kevin King named new chief executive

Krouse, who has been the pizza chain’s CEO since 2010, will depart in October. King has been Donatos’ president for two years.