After two rare negative quarters, industry bellwether McDonald’s turned positive once again in Q2, with same-store sales up 2.5%. The chain caught a tailwind from the McCrispy Strips and ...

Jeff Fenster is the epitome of an entrepreneur. The Everbowl founder lived many lives before he started the acai bowl concept in 2016, launching and selling multiple companies. Then, like a true ...

BJ’s Restaurants continued to focus on its signature Pizookie in the second quarter to drive both traffic and engagement. The limited-time Snickers Pizookie ranked among its top three seasonal ...

Former Food Network staple Paula Deen announced Friday the closure of the Savannah, Ga., restaurant that launched her popularity with its Southern-inspired menus. Deen ran The Lady & Sons ...

BJ’s Restaurants is “firing on all cylinders.” Same-store sales at the casual-dining chain rose nearly 3% in the second quarter, and restaurant-level profits increased more than 14% ...

Shake Shack is putting restaurant openings into overdrive, with 80-90 units slated to open this year, executives reported Thursday in their earnings call for the second quarter, ended June 24. The ...

How full-service restaurants are making a comeback A new report from Chatmeter finds that menu innovation and operational improvements are driving the segment’s turnaround ...

2025 100 Under 100: Emerging restaurant chains with staggering results Meet the 100 fastest-growing brands with fewer than 100 locations ...

Dunkin’ has a new braided apple pie The braided apple pie is a hand-held pastry filled with soft-baked apples and wrapped in a warm, buttery braided dough ...

Earlier this week, we examined limited-service burger chains with the highest (and lowest) average unit volumes, an important metric that partially illustrates the health of the brand, including ...

Tech Tracker: Are drone-serviced smart mailboxes the future of food delivery? Arrive AI is an AI-driven delivery platform that just completed its initial public offering and aims to beat Amazon as ...

How this Mr. Gatti’s franchisee rose through the ranks from party coordinator to franchisee Dana Brown has been a Mr. Gatti’s franchisee in Morehead, Ky. Since 2017 ...