May 16, 2024

This week on Nation's Restaurant News the top story was Here’s why Dutch Bros is doing better than Starbucks right now. It’s hard not to compare the most recent quarterly performances of Dutch Bros and Starbucks. Starbucks, the...

McDonald’s value playbook will likely include a $5 value meal

May 15, 2024

The Wall Street Journal reported that a $5 meal will launch for four weeks this summer. The company only shared ‘how much it means to our customers’ to offer meaningful value.

The restaurant industry’s most influential marketers, according to NRN readers

May 15, 2024

Meet the 2024 Reader Picks

Bonus: Leaders from Chick-fil-A, Chili’s, and Taco Bell talk about their careers and the future of the industry

May 15, 2024

Hear from the Taco Bell’s Scott Mezvinsky, Chick-fil-A’s Erick McReynolds, and Chili’s Candace Watkins

Why the future of eatertainment is in proprietary technology

May 15, 2024

Restaurants like Puttshack, Topgolf, Flight Club, and Five Iron Golf are changing the future of the category

Tech Tracker: Tech vendors are embracing hardware again

May 15, 2024

Multiple tech vendors announced new kiosks and kitchen display systems this month, in a shift toward software and hardware integrations

CAVA is expanding its retail business and restaurants as it plans growth post-IPO

May 15, 2024

A new $35 million production facility in Verona, Va. can support up to 750 CAVA restaurants

Menu Tracker: New items from Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Schlotzsky’s

May 15, 2024

Plus innovation from Buddy’s bar-b-q, Corner Bakery Cafe, Gong Cha, Jamba, Krispy Kreme, Mellow Mushroom, Pincho, Salad and Go, Seven Brothers, Shuckin’ Shack, Teriyaki Experience, Tous Les Jours, Urban Plates, Velvet Taco, and Wing Snob

Quick-service menu prices remained elevated in April

May 15, 2024

Menu prices at both QSR and full-service restaurants rose in April, while grocery prices fell for the first time in months.

Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls expands to Italy

May 15, 2024

30-unit fast-casual concept opens Milan unit and highlights Maine seafood with local twists