Restaurant Dive has the latest news in the restaurant industry, covering topics like consumer trends, technology, marketing and branding, operations, mergers & acquisitions, and more.

Restaurant Dive has the latest news in the restaurant industry, covering topics like consumer trends, technology, marketing and branding, operations, mergers & acquisitions, and more.

2025年1月31日 · Restaurants must tackle serious obstacles in 2025. Competition for price-sensitive diners is still white hot, and operators must thread the needle to offer menu items that satisfy demand for trending ingredients, quality and affordability. Fast casual chains are consistently delivering on this value ...

2025年1月7日 · Restaurant M&A will increase. Experts said there will likely be more mergers and acquisitions and more available capital in 2025. Companies that have been sitting on the sidelines will put their capital to use, especially with interest rates falling, said Brad Sandler, a partner at the bankruptcy and restructuring law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones.

2025年1月27日 · Still, fast casual chains are not immune to bad business decisions or macroeconomic pressures. BurgerFi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, less than three years after it acquired Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings for about $160 million.Noodles & Company has struggled to draw back consumers, and its extended sales problems contributed to stock price declines to the point that the brand ...

3 天之前 · Dive Brief: The traditional restaurant industry is expected to post sales of over $1.1 trillion in 2025, a year-over-year increase of 4.1%, according to the National Restaurant Association’s State of the Restaurant Industry 2025 report released Thursday. Sales from the full-service, limited service and bars and taverns make up the bulk of the total $1.5 trillion in sales the NRA expects for ...

2 天之前 · Dive Brief: One-third of independent restaurants expect sales declines if the United States imposes substantial tariffs on goods from China, Canada and Mexico, according to an Alignable survey of over 3,700 small business owners.; Comparatively, 30% of all small business owners said they expect sales to decrease following tariffs.

2024年10月7日 · Restaurant owners entered 2024 feeling optimistic, according to data from the Square 2024 Future of Restaurants report.. The industry has embraced technology solutions to tackle staffing, process, and efficiency challenges.

2024年5月6日 · Restaurant owners entered 2024 feeling optimistic, according to data from the Square 2024 Future of Restaurants report.. The industry has embraced technology solutions to tackle staffing, process, and efficiency challenges.

2024年11月26日 · The chain does not seem to be slowing down its physical expansion. Despite having converted all the Zoe’s Kitchen units it acquired, Cava still managed to open 62 stores on net, with its recent openings in Chicago outperforming all previous new unit openings.In 2025, the brand will enter South Florida and a number of Midwestern cities outside Chicago, in a test of the national appeal of its ...