Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The convenience-retailing giant on Wednesday announced a Craveables Value Menu, pitting it in head-to-head competition with fast-food chains also looking to win consumers over with low prices. The move comes as consumers continue to limit their visits to restaurants and rein in their basket sizes amid elevated prices.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

A rendering of Perkins Griddle & Go fast-casual concept. Simultaneously, the company also created a fast-casual version of Perkins called Griddle & Go, another nod to younger, on-the-go customers. News food drink Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 24, 2025

Probably not The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mexican chain remains a shockingly good value and its first-quarter sales slowdown was not out of the ordinary. Among fast-casual chains, the slowdown was more pronounced. None of this isn’t to say that there aren’t potential issues with the fast-casual chain.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

The eight-unit fast-casual concept Off The Hook Restaurants is beefing up its executive team as it plans growth in Louisiana. She also led a turnaround at Jamba as vice president of operations, and spent 14 years with Starbucks, rising to director of business operations. Blaze is now based in Atlanta. Have consumers moved on?

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

News independents chefs Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. In the U.K. Eating 2020.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

On Thursday, the casual-dining chain promoted Lyle Tick, its president and chief concept officer, to the top job. News casual_dining Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. Sign up here. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

News Tech Check technology delivery Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. Because if DoorDash keeps going at this rate, it may just become inevitable. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 8, 2025

State of the Industry Recap 7 Key Takeaways From Restaurant Industry 2025 Q2 State of the Industry The Restaurant Industry 2025 Q2 Snapshot Webinar by Black Box Intelligence shared important insights. Yet, value isn’t just about pricing. We covered sales, consumer trends, workforce challenges, and what to expect in 2025.

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Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

The segment has high check growth, driven by price increases, which have hindered traffic growth. Dec 2023-Feb 2024) In fact, it was the top-performing segment in 2024 based on same-store sales growth.Additionally, one of only two segments that was able to achieve positive YOY sales growth during the year (fast casual was the other).But

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 21, 2025

Out of the Box: April 2025 In This Issue: The Big Picture: Sales and Traffic Trends April 2025 Restaurant Industry Performance Trends In Detail Segment Focus Fast Casual: Current Performance Trends 1.1% Conversely, Casual Dining continues to outperform the industry at large by a wide margin. Comp Sales -1.5%

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

In addition to virtual kitchens meeting lower labor costs, they also offer a fast-track to opening, with a location able to begin serving in just one month. "The HOT-N-READY model provides customers a great tasting pizza at an everyday affordable price. Pieology in China.

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Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2025

Additionally, gas prices have helped consumers since the beginning of March. The average gas price for the month was 8% lower than it was during the same month last year. It was only Casual Dining and Fast Casual that were able to post positive same-store sales growth. For same-store traffic growth, the -3.0%

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Black Box Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2025

Only two industry segments achieved strong positive same-store sales growth during the month: Casual Dining and Fast Casual. Meanwhile, Upscale Casual, Quick Service, and Family Dining were essentially flat year-over-year. Monthly Restaurant Trends Review Out of the Box: May 2025 Same-store sales growth was 1.4%

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Black Box Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Comp Traffic Best Region: New England Best Segment: Family Dining Best Cuisine: Breakfast Worst Region: NY-NJ Worst Segment: Fast Casual Worst Cuisine: Sandwich The December 2024 Restaurant Industry Trends + A Year in Review 2024 saw many ups and downs. DECEMBER: BY THE NUMBERS (Y-O-Y) -0.3% Comp Sales -3.2% higher Y-o-Y traffic and 0.5%

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Industry Sales and Traffic Patterns In the latest Black Box Intelligence webinar, we revealed variable performance trends across restaurant segments in 2024, highlighting both challenges and growth areas. Casual Dining Both traffic and sales underperforming compared to QSR and fast casual.

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Black Box Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

But the best performing segment based on traffic growth during the month was quick service, followed by family dining, then fast casual. A driving factor behind the softening of check growth has been a moderation in menu price increases, as cost pressures for restaurants subside. Average guest check grew by 5.2%

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Qu

APRIL 12, 2024

Leveraging and integrating AI solutions can have a huge impact on enterprise QSR and Fast Casual chains’ financial performance. Dynamic pricing has been a hot topic as of late and can be an excellent way to boost sales during off-peak hours. One thing that won’t change is the need for a platform that is future-ready.

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Margin Edge

APRIL 27, 2020

Then we broke the responses out between fast-casual and non-fast casual. It’s no surprise that we saw that a higher percentage of fast casual models were able to keep their model the same or somewhat the same while full-service showed a high percentage of needing to pivot their models completely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Much attention has been paid in the media, on webinars, and among the public audience, to the creative ways in which restaurants are attracting new customers and meeting shifting customer demands. Restaurant operators opened their eyes to the fact that same creativity needed to be applied to the profitability side.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 Sales growth in fine dining and upscale casual also eroded during the week. . Fast casual and casual dining sales remained flat compared to the previous week. . Casual dining is also trending?about

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

In California, where there is no tip credit, the fast-food wage remains at $20 per hour for hourly workers. The state’s Fast Food Council’s planning subcommittee earlier this year voted to put a potential cost-of-living wage increase on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting, but the date has not yet been determined.

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