Browsing: Restaurants
The worst summer job market in 80 years has teens scrambling for swimming pool and ice cream jobs
Summer jobs have been teenagers’ rite of passage for generations—from scooping ice cream and babysitting, to lifeguarding and bagging groceries.…
Wendy’s U.S. President: the CEO burger battles exposed a truth every brand leader needs to hear
Every May, National Hamburger Day does what the best food holidays do: it gives people a reason to celebrate something…
Pizza Hut franchisee claims $100 million losses from ‘cascading operational breakdowns’ in AI adoption gone wrong
A major Pizza Hut franchisee is suing the pizza chain, claiming gig workers leveraged its AI system for their own…
About a decade ago, Tom Colicchio started writing checks. Not large ones at first, and not on his own thesis—he…
The next time you’re out to dinner, someone might not only ask to take your jacket, they may want you…
McDonald’s is rolling out its cheapest value menu in years, a move that could speak more to the state of…
Ozempic mania has even Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory cutting back on portion sizes
Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive Garden and The…
I’m the CEO of the 1980s most viral restaurant, Tony Roma’s. We’re still thriving but viral brands keep turning into pumpkins
Last month, another restaurant concept vanished from my Instagram feed. Six months earlier, they had celebrity investors, 50,000 followers, and…
Ancient stigma around Chinese food is vanishing rapidly in top restaurant scenes: ‘we are trying to break this bias’
Taiwan-born chef George Chen, whose family immigrated to Los Angeles in 1967, remembers vividly how his school lunch of braised…
Wendy’s closes hundreds of restaurants after plunge in same-store sales worse than Wall Street expected
Wendy’s is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on value after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter. The Dublin,…












