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Year in review

Operations

Restaurant industry ripples poised to swell into waves

 By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 21, 2021

These developments made industry news in 2021 but expect to see them surge into bigger trends next year.

Emerging Brands

Investors are betting big on these emerging chains

 By Heather Lalley on Dec. 21, 2021

Money was slow to start flowing at the outset of 2021, but interest in emerging concepts picked up in the back half of the year.

Operations

2021’s vocabulary words for restaurant operators

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 21, 2021

Restaurant operators continued to learn new vocabulary words in 2021, as the ongoing pandemic created migraine-level headaches for them around staffing issues, supply chain woes and more. Some of ...

Financing

Private equity, on the sidelines in 2021, could make its return in 2022

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 21, 2021

The investment firms largely ceded the market to strategic buyers last year. But some believe they could make their return as they grow more confident in projections.

Operations

Hey Santa, here's what restaurants really want

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 21, 2021

Reality Check: The best thing you could give restaurateurs this year is a break from the near past.

Operations

The restaurant industry’s biggest winners in 2021

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 21, 2021

See why steak chains, college athletes and labor unions had a good year.

Food

Top menu trends of 2021

By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 21, 2021

As America emerged from pandemic restrictions, some 2020 food and drink trends strengthened while new ones gained ground.

Financing

IPOs or Fat Brands: The year in restaurant mergers and acquisitions

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 21, 2021

The industry continued to consolidate in 2021, while restaurants returned to the public markets with surprising eagerness.

Operations

In 2021, a surprise recovery is met with a more surprising labor shortage

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 21, 2021

The year’s biggest story was an unprecedented lack of workers that left operators closing services, reducing hours and dramatically increasing pay.

Leadership

5 restaurant leaders to pay attention to in 2022

By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 21, 2021

A few of these executives jumped on our radar after making a splash in 2021, while others are laying the groundwork for intriguing innovations in the years ahead.

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