In 2004, Taco Bell and Mountain Dew teamed up to launch Baja Blast, a tropical/lime-flavored beverage offered exclusively at the chain. The Baja Blast brand has since expanded into retail stores ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In today's competitive restaurant landscape, marketing isn't only about flashy campaigns or social media presence — it's about leveraging the touchpoints you already own in creative and ...

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 ...

They say a rising tide lifts all boats and, for the restaurant industry, that seems to be the case when it comes to Mediterranean cuisine. Consider category leader CAVA, for instance. Since the ...

PENN Entertainment, Inc. (“PENN”) (Nasdaq: PENN) and Shake Shack Inc. (“Shake Shack”) (NYSE: SHAK) today announced a licensing partnership to bring the iconic burger brand to ten of PENN ...

McDonald’s is expanding its late-night hours at a “vast majority” of its restaurants nationwide and just ahead of its busy summer season, during which the chain plans to hire up to 375,000 ...

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 ...

Krispy Kreme shareholders are not happy about the delay in the doughnut chain’s partnership with McDonald’s. They’ve filed a lawsuit against Krispy Kreme, arguing that the chain overhyped ...

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.