Spring has sprung and so have a flock of newly franchising restaurants. As the weather warms up, a variety of new franchising programs are being announced, with cafes and bakeries strongly trending.

The owner of Taco Bell is about to get a big new partner in its technology drive: The AI chipmaker Nvidia. Yum Brands announced a partnership with the Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia to bring ...

Golden Corral, a buffet-style midscale restaurant chain based in Raleigh, N.C., opened its fast-casual offshoot Homeward Kitchen in fall 2023. Earlier this month, the company announced it would ...

Mobile order-ahead is becoming one of the most popular channels for limited-service restaurants: 7 in 10 customers under the age of 55 say that they use mobile order-ahead features, according to a ...

Restaurants created a record number of limited-time offers in 2024. That’s according to Technomic. Restaurants and convenience stores issued nearly 37,000 limited-time offers last year.

Friedman Properties, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development firm, today announced Mendocino Farms, the chef-driven fast-casual restaurant known for its gourmet sandwiches and ...

A new National Restaurant Association report looks at how technology, especially artificial intelligence and automation, is helping operators in recruitment and retention, the industry group said ...

How has the restaurant industry changed since the pandemic? Five years after COVID ravaged restaurants, the industry is as big as it has ever been. Consumers spend 53% of their food dollar at ...