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How restaurants are adapting and transforming their businesses …
WEBHow restaurants are adapting and transforming their businesses amid the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many unprecedented changes for everyone—but the restaurant industry in particular found itself scrambling to adapt to constantly changing regulations, safety guidelines and occupancy limits. From dining room closures to a boom ...
Top 500 Chains - Restaurant Business
WEBThe Top 500 highest-grossing restaurant chains recorded their best overall performance in five years in 2019. Chicken had a moment, tech made another leap and the biggest chains got bigger. This annual report, in partnership with Technomic, highlights the data, trends and brands that defined the year.
The Refresher: How Brian Niccol returned Chipotle to prominence
WEBLeadership The Refresher: How Brian Niccol returned Chipotle to prominence In less than two years, the CEO has corrected the chain’s course, making it once again a standout industry performer. By design, the new route looks a lot like the old one, only more so. By Peter Romeo on May 03, 2020
A brief history of Quiznos’ collapse - Restaurant Business
WEBJun 13, 2018 · On Monday, Quiznos was sold to an investment firm out of San Diego. This has given me time to tell the story of one of the biggest restaurant chain collapses in industry history. Between 2007 and 2017, Quiznos shrunk from 4,700 U.S. locations to fewer than 400. We can find no other example of a …
Animals in restaurants: What you need to know about ADA …
WEBSep 10, 2019 · No snakes, no cats, no parrots, no ferrets—only dogs and mini horses are recognized as service animals under the ADA. Here are the basics of what your staff should know: Everywhere in the country, customers have a right to bring service animals into restaurants. The ADA supersedes any local health department regulations banning animals.
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski got a big raise last year
WEBMar 28, 2022 · McDonald’s strong sales recovery and a healthy stock price performance earned its chief executive a hefty pay increase last year. Chris Kempczinski received a pay package of just over $20 million in 2021, according to new SEC documents filed on Monday. That was nearly double the $10.8 million …
A struggling franchisee closes 25 KFC restaurants in the Midwest
WEBAug 22, 2024 · EYM Group, a multi-concept operator that has closed dozens of units and placed others into bankruptcy protection, has closed more than two-dozen KFC restaurants in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. KFC confirmed local reports of the closures, including a pair of units in Indianapolis and several near Rockford and Peoria, Illinois.
How Chipotle crafted itself into the perfect pandemic brand
WEBMay 1, 2021 · How Chipotle crafted itself into the perfect pandemic brand. The company is the highest grossing fast casual on the latest Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report from Technomic. By Heather Lalley on May 01, 2021. An observer of Chipotle Mexican Grill might think the fast casual has a crystal ball, granting it secret insight into the future.
How long should restaurants leave food in a hot holder?
WEBAug 9, 2018 · It follows that it can also be safely chilled using the two-stage method: stored cold and reheated to 165 for at least 15 seconds, then hot-held again. But that doesn’t mean it should be. My advice is to put a two- to four-hour limit on hot-held food for both quality and safety best practices. If the cost and waste of discarding long-held ...