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The Year of the Franchisee

The Great Recession left clear winners and losers in the chain restaurant game. Fast-food places? Burger King wasn’t the only one that could wear a crown.

Technology

Top 10 tech stories of 2014

Senior Associate Editor Sara Rush looks at the year’s biggest advances in technology and the questions those innovations raised.

Here is a roundup of Tuesday meal deals helping drive traffic on that day of the week.

It serves made-to-order meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner

See what restaurants are using as consumer bait.

The International Franchise Association's 2018 forecast for franchising provided more than just sales projections for franchisees and franchisors. Here are some nuggets of value to all types of restaurant operations.

It’s hard to believe that a mere five years ago, menu developers, purchasing agents, food manufacturers and restaurant customers were in the grip of the low-carb craze.

Recent developments of interest to restaurant franchisees and franchisors.

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.

The Mexican category overall saw sales increase by 0.9% to $18 billion and units by 4.1%, to 12,656.

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