Nation's Restaurant News May 2025 Nation's Restaurant News May 2025 We’re tackling some of the hot-button topics facing every restaurant operator today, like Robert F. Kennedy’s influence, GLP ...

Consumers may be getting to-go more often, but they still want their restaurants to have free WiFi. That’s one lesson from a session on what differentiates winning restaurants right now.

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 ...

Beverage innovation has really picked up steam in recent years. That makes sense given the slowdown in traffic at restaurants, which means operators want to encourage their customers to spend as ...

Portioned, Ready-to-Cook Salmon Meets Growing Consumer Demand. Consumers crave fresh, flavorful seafood—especially salmon. Yet operators face challenges in delivering innovative dishes while ...

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 ...

Imagine a new restaurant opens in your town. There’s a lot of hype, excitement — people can’t wait to get in and test it out. There’s usually so much build up but now imagine: What if ...

Hardee’s is in a dispute with one of its largest franchisees. Paradigm Investment Group, which operates 76 locations in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida, is suing the fast-food burger ...

Eight culinary trailblazers were recognized for menu innovation and professional excellence at the 2025 MenuMasters gala awards ceremony Saturday in Chicago. The chain and independent restaurant ...

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third place” in his book The Great Good Place, published in 1989. Starbucks unquestionably mainstreamed the idea of having a physical place that ...

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 ...

Some things may seem polarizing right now, but what most of us can apparently agree on is an affinity for Baskin-Robbins. New data released from YouGov breaks down the “popularity” of each ...