Joe R. Lee, the co-founder and first general manager of Red Lobster and the first chief executive officer of Darden Restaurants, passed away Oct. 12 at the age of 85. His death was first announced in ...

It was a peek into what life could possibly look like in late 2025 without the internet, and it was … quite an adjustment. When Amazon Web Services went down for hours on Monday, Oct. 20, several ...

Labor is always a challenge for restaurateurs, but the past few years have been especially hard. The pandemic turned restaurant employees into essential workers, and that was followed by the “Great ...

Emerging restaurant brands are no doubt fun to follow. They’re often bringing new menu and branding ideas to the table, tapping into consumer trends in creative ways that showcase a glimpse into the ...

The concept of a “pop-up restaurant” – which essentially began as “supper clubs” in the 1960s – didn’t begin appearing on Google Search until around 2009. At the height of the pandemic, these ...

Bear Robotics hopes to mass produce Penny, the robot food runner, after raising $32 million in Series A funding this week. The round was led by Softbank, which has a reputation for investing in ...

Before Boston Market was sold to Engage Brands under the Rohan Group of Companies in 2020, the American rotisserie chicken chain was undergoing a brand transformation that was supposed to breathe new ...

Red Robin’s turnaround plan continued to gain traction during the fourth quarter, with the company reporting 3.4% same-store sales growth Wednesday after market. The company also reported sequential ...

Domino's Pizza has revolutionized the way the restaurant industry thinks of technology. Photo: Domino's A few years ago, as consumers were quickly replacing flip phones with smartphones, Domino’s ...

Charlie Morrison led Wingstop through a meteoric growth spurt, solidly positioning the brand as a “category of one” that outpaced most of its peers in sales and traffic, including and especially ...

As more and more municipalities, particularly in California, impose restrictions on the use of gas-powered appliances in new construction, some restaurants might have to consider converting their ...

The National Restaurant Association released its annual State of the Industry report today with the sales forecast as its top headline; the association expects to exceed $1.1 trillion in 2024. Should ...