Bonefish Grill

Jun. 11, 2017

Capitalizing on the niche between high-end and value-priced seafood chains

Marketing

Mastering social media's new tools: Facebook

By Benita Gingerella and Lisa White on Sep. 18, 2017

Facebook’s 360 photos and videos allow brands to give users a more interactive and immersive social media experience.

Financing

What’s the next restaurant chain to be swallowed?

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 27, 2017

Restaurant dealmaking is at its highest level in 11 years. The transactions record could be shattered if these blockbuster acquisitions, already the subjects of Wall Street speculation, should go down.

Consumer Trends

Customers’ most-craved seafood

By Lizzy Freier on Dec. 21, 2017

See which 10 chains are winning with seafood that consumers say they can’t get anywhere else.

Operations

Delivery backlash and 4 other head-spinning moments

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 23, 2018

The dash for off-premise business is taking a detour around third-party delivery. Meanwhile, Amy Poehler isn't making restaurateurs laugh, R&D kitchens are cooking up some unusual new products, and the drug epidemic is prompting some controversial changes in operations.

Bonefish Grill founders to open Noble Crust restaurant in St. Petersburg

Sep. 15, 2014

TJ Thielbar and John Mays will feature dishes like wood-fired pizza with country ham and braised short ribs with a ricotta salad.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.