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NPD Maps Fast-Casual Density 26 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
There were roughly 15,728 fast-casual-chain restaurants in the U.S. as of the end of May 2013, according to The NPD Group. That equates to five Panera Bread, Five Guys Burger and Fries, Wahoo’s Fish T...
Boston’s Introduces the Pizzaburger 26 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
If you thought the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger was the ultimate upgrade in burger buns, think again. Today the Dallas-based Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar chain introduces the Pizzaburger. Pizzaburg...
McDonald’s Planning Mighty Wings for Fall? 23 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
[Update: Following publication of this post, McDonald’s confirmed that it will roll out Mighty Wings nationally as an LTO on Sept. 9, 2013. Available through November, the bone-in chicken wings will b...
Americanization of British Menus Continues 20 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
Burgers are the most commonly found food on increasingly Americanized British menus, reports London-based researcher Horizons’ 2013 Menurama survey. That Americanization extends to cost-cutting measur...
Food Trucks: A Threat or Expanding the Market? 20 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
The Informal Eating Out (IEO) market is what McDonald’s executives like to call the total universe of away-from-home dining options open to consumers. It includes restaurants of all types, of course, ...
Monday Meeting: Localization Strategies & Blue Cheese 19 Aug 2013 | 12:36 pm
→ The year’s second half began for McDonald’s with the same disappointing sales in much of Europe reported during the first two quarters. Comparable sales for the region were down 1.1% in Q1 and 0.1% ...
Hooters Parent Buys American Roadside Burgers 16 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Chanticleer Holdings, parent of the Hooters chicken chain, announced an agreement to acquire all outstanding share of five-unit burger chain American Roadside Burgers (ARB). Terms of the acquisition w...
Farm Burger’s Answer to $1 Menus 16 Aug 2013 | 01:11 am
Feeling the pinch from QSR burger chains’ $1 menus? Consider this response from Farm Burger in Decatur, Ga. On Monday, Aug. 19, it will hold “Grassfed Fête” to celebrate its 3½ years in business. The...
Check Increase Buoys Red Robin Sales 16 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
The difficulty of the current restaurant marketplace is such that despite reporting solid results, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers executives felt compelled to advise analysts that sales increases are hard ...
Updating the Summer’s Burger Trends 13 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
Here’s where we are with four trends influencing the burger business: Sonic’s Breakfast Burritos: now with egg whites. BLT: Bacon mania has, not surprisingly, brought a renaissance for the BLT sand....
