Inspire Brands is a privately held juggernaut, owned by companies controlled by Atlanta-based Roark Capital: Its six chains combined saw 2024 sales in excess of $29.5 billion, according to Technomic.

7 Brew has named Christopher Held as its first chief supply officer. The new role was created to support the drive-thru beverage concept’s rapid expansion, which included 163% year-over-year ...

Barbecue restaurants are tough to run under the best of circumstances. They require skilled pitmasters to handle expensive raw materials — meat — and sell them to customers who aren’t going ...

BJ’s Restaurants today named Lyle D. Tick as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Tick has served as president and chief concept officer since September, following the ...

The May jobs report exceeded expectations, with 139,000 positions added to the United States economy during the month, and the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.2%. According to federal data ...

Technology-driven staffing solutions are always a crowd-pleaser at the National Restaurant Association Show, especially with the restaurant industry’s high turnover rate. This year, a surprising ...

As restaurants across much of the summer slide into their busiest season, the National Restaurant Association is forecasting an additional 490,000 summer jobs added to their payrolls. The ...

Is White Castle reigniting the chicken sandwich wars? The quick-service chain’s vice president of marketing and public relations, Jamie Richardson, said that White Castle will soon be debuting a ...

Your guest experience doesn’t start at the front door — it starts in your back-of-house systems. Join Nation’s Restaurant News, PAR Technology’s CEO Savneet Singh, and PAR OPS’ GM Jason ...

Is Marc Lore’s Wonder poised to become the Amazon of food delivery technology? Over the past 18 months, the virtual food hall company expanded its repertoire by acquiring Blue Apron, Grubhub ...

Blaze Pizza has named Jaime Denney as chief operations officer, the company confirmed Tuesday. Atlanta-based Blaze said Denney joins the company with more than 25 years of leadership experience in ...

Kelli Valade learned about the importance of leadership development in restaurants at an early age; when she was a teenager, her bosses at the Big Boy where she worked in Upstate New York ...