Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Salad is rising as the next drive-thru concept The fast-casual Greenlane is plotting growth across Florida with investor and NFL star Rob Gronkowski working the drive-thru window. But Tampa-based Greenlane is among a growing number of fast-casual concepts making freshly prepared salads a drive-thru option.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 18, 2025

The New Jersey-based fast-casual chain has been acquired by private-equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners, the company announced Wednesday. News acquisitions franchising Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. deals this week as fast-food pizza chains work to reverse stubbornly weak sales. It could have been worse: Fast-casual pizza chain sales declined 5%. By Jonathan Maze on Jul. Photo courtesy of Domino's. It’s not just those three.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 24, 2025

News Emerging Brands technology 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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Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

But it wasn’t quite so bad for fast-casual concepts , which outpaced other categories with 9% growth in 2024, according to Technomic. Fast-casual chicken chains, including Dave’s Hot Chicken, saw double-digit sales growth, while fast-casual pizza continued to falter. By Heather Lalley on Jun.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

The fast-food franchisor is asking a federal court to sign off on its decision to terminate Paradigm Investment Group’s franchise agreement. Private-equity firm Savory Fund made a major investment in casual-dining chain Hawkers Asian Street Food. million last year, that’s more than double the next closest chain.

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JUNE 16, 2025

Here are the highlights from the webinar conversation: 1. Kiosks Are Coming for Fast Casual Here’s a stat that might surprise you: 62% of brands are using or rolling out kiosks in 2025. While QSRs lead at 80%, fast casual is catching up quickly. The takeaway: “Kiosks are coming to fast casual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2021

“As dine-in returns, we believe that it won’t replace delivery/pickup,” said our Chief Strategy Officer Joel Davis during a recent Revenue Stream webinar. QSRs and fast casuals are right to innovate and add to the drive-thru lane, but the investment is only as good as the execution, according to consumers.

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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 11, 2025

News marketing delivery technology Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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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 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. Photo: Shutterstock 7-Eleven is ready to do battle in the summer value wars.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

For fast-food restaurants, where every second counts, this could be a particularly valuable tool, especially as more transactions come through digital channels. technology News Tech Check Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

And fast-food customers Chef Jonathon Sawyer discusses his Chicago restaurant, Kindling, and his latest TV appearance Are we reaching peak chicken tender saturation on menus? Since the menu at this fast-casual chain is rooted in Mediterranean flavors, this dessert is not a big culinary stretch. Photo courtesy of Nick the Greek.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 12, 2025

News technology delivery finance Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. Premium Emerging Brands Pepper Lunch carves a niche in the Panda Express-dominated world of Asian fast casual The Japan-born franchise brand has 540 units globally, but only nine in the U.S.

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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

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Restaurant Business

JULY 9, 2025

To put the new Whopper on the menu, the Miami-based fast-food burger chain had to bring in the brisket, Carolina gold BBQ sauce and crispy onions. “A A fun fact is that the brisket is actually pit smoked. Its smoked slowly over 10 to 14 hours, then shredded and blended with a traditional barbecue sauce,” Young added.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint and accompanying webinars are available on the company’s “Make it Now” online platform, designed to provide operators resources and solutions to help them adapt to changing industry needs.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

News delivery regulation Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here. 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. Guests are favoring QSR and fast casual for delivery due to lower total costs, including tips and fees. industry-wide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In an average week, 83 percent of adults dine at fast food and fast casual restaurants. There will also be a webinar reviewing the findings on March 18 at 2 p.m. RSVP for the webinar by visiting here. To download a full copy of the report, click here. ET / 11 a.m. Hard Seltzers Are Shaking Up the Competition.

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Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

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 But now, quick service is paying the price of that strong performance a year ago.

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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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Black Box Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2025

It was only Casual Dining and Fast Casual that were able to post positive same-store sales growth. Segment Performance Deep Dive: Casual Dining Rebounds There has been a resurgence in Casual Dining in recent months. That’s only behind Casual Dining and Fast Casual. reported for Q4 2024.

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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. Virtual kitchens handle food delivery and have additional staff at the facility, so the barbecue brand will only need to employ a limited number of team members. Pieology in China.

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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. The standout performers in October were the fast casual and quick service segments.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Take advantage of webinars and industry conferences. Best places to start a restaurant management apprenticeship From local independent restaurants to fast-food chains and hotel/resort dining, each environment offers unique restaurant apprenticeship opportunities that can help develop the skills needed to succeed in the field.

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Best Performers: Quick Service and Fast Casual Despite the overall industry downturn, the Quick Service and Fast Casual segments performed relatively well comparatively.Their value-driven propositions and convenience factor seem to resonate with cost-conscious consumers during times of economic uncertainty.

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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. Every quarter, Black Box Intelligence hosts executives from the nation’s leading restaurant chains for our quarterly State of the Industry Webinar. Average guest check grew by 5.2%

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Although the restaurant industry was undoubtedly hit hard by both hurricanes, the rebound has been surprisingly fast. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and Fast Casual led the way, with sales drop offs of -1.9% Impact of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton By Segment in the USA Segment Comp Sales Casual Dining -6.6%

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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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