--- title: "Submit for QSR’s Best Restaurant Brands to Work For" url: https://burnaze.com/article/2d5196dc-85f2-4d4d-9152-6faa3d816926 source: "QSR Magazine" original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/submit-best-restaurant-brands-work/ category: "QSR" industry: "Restaurants" segment: "QSR" published: 2026-07-20T12:50:15.000Z modified: 2026-07-20T13:00:14.235Z image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CAVAemployees.jpg --- # Submit for QSR’s Best Restaurant Brands to Work For **TL;DR:** QSR Magazine is seeking nominations for its Best Restaurant Brands to Work For list, which recognizes restaurant chains that excel in employee recruitment, benefits, and retention. The winners will be featured in QSR's November 2026 issue. *originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-07-20. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/submit-best-restaurant-brands-work/).* ## Story This story was originally published on QSR. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily QSR AM Jolt . CAVA was a Best Brand to Work For in 2023. The restaurant industry’s employee proposition is a hardly a new story. But it’s never been under the microscope like it is today. The tightening labor pool and “Great Resignation” forced brands to pay closer attention to recruitment, benefits, retention tactics and, simply, how they treat and support their workers. Here at QSR , we want to recognize the restaurant chains leading the charge when it comes to being an employer of choice. So for the fifth consecutive year, we’re in search of QSR’s Best Brands to Work For. Check out past lists here: 2025 // 2024 // 2023 // 2022 Think your brand should be considered one of the industry’s Best Brands to Work For? Fill out your information below by end of day Monday, August 19. The winners will be featured in QSR’s November 2026 issue. If you have questions, please contact Ben Coley at bcoley@arrowfly. com . Note: This is open to both corporate and franchise-run operations. 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Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2d5196dc-85f2-4d4d-9152-6faa3d816926).