Operations

New restaurant equipment and back-of-the-house technology
Operations

Hitting resistance elsewhere, ghost kitchens and virtual concepts find a happy home in family dining

Reality Check: Old-guard chains are finding the alternative operations to be persistently effective side hustles.

Operations

How restaurants can make margin improvements that improve the bottom line

Boost margins without alienating customers. IFMA's Restaurant Margin Optimization Model offers insights from industry leaders on menu engineering, supply chain efficiencies, and marketing tactics.

Restaurants and their allies argue that a bill intended to reduce processing charges would enhance data security, not undermine it.

The brands' recently formed parent company, Outfox Hospitality, has shut down all 35 of its locations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.

The agency's food safety arm has been alerted that ground beef products possibly contaminated with E. coli have made it to market.

Franchisee Alshaya Group plans to open four Chipotle units in the Middle East this year.

Qdoba agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle a pay transparency lawsuit. Chipotle agreed to pay more than $3 million in a case related to alleged scheduling and paid leave violations in Seattle.

Locations of Flynn's Panera Bread units in Seattle, and some Jet's restaurants in Detroit plan to offer drone delivery using the Zipline system.

Retail Watch: Technomic’s State of the Industry report sounds a c-store alarm, Grubhub expands grocery delivery and 7-Eleven completes its Laredo Taco Company acquisition.

Advice Guy: RB’s operations expert says it might be worth it to employ “dynamic pricing” for restaurant workers, especially for important shifts like Sunday brunch.

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