Perhaps the stickiest trend that resulted from the pandemic is the deepening of affection for restaurant drive-thrus. If Americans didn’t love picking up food without leaving their cars before the pandemic, they certainly do now. In a July report, consumer… Read More
Jack in the Box is getting a facelift: The San Diego, Calif.-based quick-service chain not only looks different these days with a new purple and red color scheme and refreshed food packaging, but the brand is remixing its drive-thru façade… Read More
When Wendy’s CFO Gunther Plosch recently walked through the chain’s new prototype, the aim was apparent. “Finally,” he told investors last week, “we are embracing digital in our design.” On Wednesday, Wendy’s shared that look publicly for the first time in… Read More
Many well-heeled real estate investors pushed pause on buying assets in recent months to get a better read on how pricing is shifting across all property types and how they might have to alter strategies or restructure capital stacks to move deals forward. Once… Read More
Chili’s Grill & Bar, the casual-dining division of Brinker International inc., is building a smaller to-go-only unit that is expected to open in October near the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, the company confirmed Monday. Dallas-based Brinker would open… Read More
When Dutch Bros Coffee debuted on the stock market last year, the rising coffee chain threw down the gauntlet—4,000 shops in the next 10 to 15 years. Although ambitious, the brand believes it’s a realistic target, and numbers in the… Read More
Despite top-line gains across much of the quick-service sector in recent months, recovery has owed more to price than traffic. According to Revenue Management Solutions, transactions declined 4.3 percent in July, year-over-year, but an 11.7 percent jump in price kept… Read More
Jack in the Box’s pricing team has done much work researching value and identifying customer sensitivity, CEO Darin Harris said. Those efforts informed the burger brand that value could mean a lot of things to different people. “Is it in… Read More
Supply chain issues. Labor woes. Inflation. The quick-service world continues facing some undeniable headwinds, but the impressive results and ambitious growth plans of industry power players suggest quick serves are poised to become an even bigger part of daily life…. Read More
Restaurant Brands International CEO José Cil knows what Burger King is capable of. He also recognizes in recent years the fast-food giant hasn’t met those expectations. Burger King is the seventh-largest quick-service brand in terms of U.S. sales, according to… Read More