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Cracker Barrel signage.

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Chain Restaurants

Cracker Barrel, Sardar Biglari End Board Nomination Battle

California Pizza Kitchen's West Coast Burger.

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Menu Innovations

California Pizza Kitchen Enters New Food Segment for National Pizza Month

Stuffed Cheesecake Pancake breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

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Chain Restaurants

Cracker Barrel's Push for Youthful Traffic is Working

Secret Ingredient: How Operators Can Get Clever with Guest Data

Repeat customers provide an abundance of valuable insights.

Bar Louie.

Bar Louie's New CEO is 'Knee Deep' into Building a Comeback

Gluten-free sign on a restaurant window.

Provide an Unforgettable Holiday Experience with a Gluten-Free Menu

Olive Garden's Lasagna Mia.

Darden CEO: Olive Garden is Doing Just Fine

Latest News

Sponsored Content

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4 Keys to Elevating Your Sandwiches

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How Independent Full-Service Operators Are Competing With Larger Brands

Social Ordering Dining Collective

Restaurant Increased Revenue More Than 30 Percent with DoorDash

DoorDash’s revamped merchant suite helps operators achieve their business goals.

Applebee's Dozen Double Crunch Shrimp

The 15 Highest-Paid CEOs of Public Full-Service Restaurants

How much are full-service's biggest CEOs getting paid during the pandemic?

Urban Farmer steak cut rare.

10 of America’s Most Powerful Restaurant Groups

REESE’S Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake.

The 26 Casual Chains Earning the Most Money Per Restaurant

JUST Egg

15 Innovative Food Products to Elevate Your Menu in 2020

Josh Kern.

Josh Kern Lays Out his People-First Vision for SPB Hospitality

The multi-brand company's new interim CEO is getting down to basics.

Date-night customers clinking wine glasses at a restaurant.

What Date-Night Guests Now Demand of Restaurants

First Watch pumpkin pancakes.

First Watch Continues to Set Itself Apart

Ranking America's Biggest Full-Service Restaurant Chains

Special Reports

Paola Velez

FSR's Rising Restaurant Stars: These 29 Innovators Dared the Impossible in 2020

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Nominate Your Product for the 2023 Buyer's Guide

Buyers Guide

The 2022 Restaurant Buyer’s Guide

True Food Kitchen CEO Christine Barone.

Introducing NextGen Casual: The Future of Full-Service Restaurants

Food Safety

Restaurant server in protective mask preparing table.

For Restaurants, Technology Steps Up as Help Steps Down

Protecting Your Restaurant From a Foodborne Illness Outbreak

Tranzonic Expands Contract Converting Services for Dry and Presaturated Wipes

Menu Innovations

Gluten-free sign on a restaurant window.

Provide an Unforgettable Holiday Experience with a Gluten-Free Menu

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Expands Bar Bites Menu

Actor Jamie Foxx Adds New Flavors to TGI Fridays Menu

Finance

Stuffed Cheesecake Pancake breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

Cracker Barrel's Push for Youthful Traffic is Working

Lavu Now Offering Accessible Funding to Restaurants

MTY Food Group Completes Acquisition of BBQ Holdings

Kitchen Equipment

Restaurant kitchen.

How AI Can Help Restaurants Reduce Costs, Fight Inflation

Steakhouse Andiron Taps Louis Maldonado and Mario Da Silva to Lead Culinary Team

Unified Brands Rolls Out SmartSteam Pro Boilerless Steamer

Labor & Employees

A restaurant general manager talks to her staff in the back of the restaurant.

10 Secrets of Restaurant Management

Lazy Dog Certified as Top Workplace for Fifth Straight Year

LPM Restaurant & Bar Welcomes Adriano Cattaneo as Global Executive Chef

Delivery

An exterior view of Kitchen United.

Off-Premises Operator Kitchen United Raises $100 Million

Black Angus Steakhouse Offering Free Delivery for Labor Day

The ONE Group Hospitality Opens Ghost Kitchen in Austin

Beverage

Dirty Laundry interior.

How to Open a Speakeasy in 2022

Wild Turkey Unveils Latest Release of Legendary Master’s Keep Series

Legal Sea Foods Lands Exclusive Beer Partnership with Night Shift Brewing

Marketing & Promotions

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How Restaurants Can Use Incentive Marketing to Inspire Engagement

Black Angus Steakhouse Announces New Celebratory Offers

Grimaldi's to Offer Discounted Cheese Pizza throughout October

Casual Dining

Bennigan's and its Beloved Brand Go Hollywood

Michelin-Starred Sepia Celebrates 15th Anniversary

HOA Brands Taps Michael Arrowsmith as Chief Development Officer

Consumer Trends

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What Does Inflation Mean for Your Restaurant Business?

Are Restaurant Loyalty Programs Worth It for Full-Service Establishments?

What Date-Night Guests Now Demand of Restaurants

Restaurant Design

restaurant picnic table.

Make Your Restaurant Stand Out With These 6 Design Trends

RealFood Promotes Two Design Team Members

Philadelphia's Elwood Restaurant Completes Outdoor Patio

Technology

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Secret Ingredient: How Operators Can Get Clever with Guest Data

Ziosk Launches Smaller and Lighter PRO Server Tablet

P.F. Chang's Launches $6.99 Subscription Program

Chain Restaurants

California Pizza Kitchen's West Coast Burger.

California Pizza Kitchen Enters New Food Segment for National Pizza Month

Angry Crab Shack Names Brian Herskovets Director of Franchise Operations

Innovative Dining Group Plans Three Openings in 2023

Chef Profiles

At Bulrush, Self-taught chef Rob Connoley serves fine-dining fare like the german pancake with summer vegetables and sorghum butter.

Is Culinary School Still Worth the Cost?

The Vasper Opens in NoMad

SAHARA Las Vegas Announces Executive Team for Balla Italian Soul

Franchising

TGI Fridays Beyond Meat Nachos.

TGI Fridays Signs Biggest Franchise Deal in Company History

Dae Gee Korean BBQ Signs Franchise Deal in South Dakota

Dave & Buster’s Signs Deal to Grow in Middle East