Popeyes

Customers’ top service picks

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 28, 2017

Consumers say these restaurant chains provide the best guest pampering.

2017 Top 500: Chicken

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 07, 2017

The limited-service chicken category overall increased total sales by 8% to $22.2 billion and grew units by 4% to 14,166.

Tommy Bahama's real estate hunt

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 15, 2003

The search for casual-restaurant chain Tommy Bahama's newest unit began way back in 1997

Food

7 riffs on fried chicken

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 19, 2017

New iterations of the comfort food favorite are flying onto menus.

8 questions every franchisee should be asking

By Sam Smith on May 06, 2012

These days, franchisors are relying on franchisees more and more to sustain a brand’s growth. Franchisees carry a lot of power in this new order.

Leadership

Who will be the next CEO of Chipotle?

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 29, 2017

The speculation about who'll be Steve Ells' successor is already at full throttle. Here are a few of the candidates we think may be in the mix.

Frisch’s to be acquired for $175 million

By Peter Romeo on May 22, 2015

A private-equity firm has agreed to buy the family restaurant chain.

Financing

Surging Burger King lifts Restaurant Brands International

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 12, 2018

But the company's Tim Hortons and Popeyes chains both struggled to win over consumers last quarter.

Workforce

Termination techniques

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Aug. 03, 2015

A termination “shouldn’t have to be all drama where everybody knows about it, and it’s a big scene,” says Katrina Wyand-Yurish, director of human resources for Roy Rogers restaurants. Learn her tips for a professional approach to an unpleasant process.

Food

Chains look to state fairs for summer LTOs

By Kelsey Squire on Jun. 06, 2016

We’ve uncovered a sampling of new fair-inspired fare, which QSR chains have been churning out faster than a tilt-a-whirl.

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