Restaurant Dive — page 12

The burger chain is leveraging the NBA Finals and a high-profile player partnership to distribute free entrees via a digital text-to-win campaign.

The chain joins a growing cohort of brands, including Pressed Juicery and Roti, to open inside ghost kitchen providers years after restaurants moved away from delivery-only channels.

Under the SPB Playbook, Krystal and the company’s upscale casual brands will be operated as parallel businesses under one leadership team, GJ Hart announced Thursday.

Dave's Hot Chicken tests new tech, pulls back from robots

Tracy Skeans helped the company emerge as one of the clear QSR winners after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The juice brand, which has expanded its products into 10,000 retailers, will add this channel to expand into high-density areas.

Latitude Food Group seeks new CEO after Mike Burns' departure.

Cafe Rio hires &pizza CEO Mike Burns to oversee sales growth

White Castle adds veggie slider to core menu June 15.

McDonald's bets on chicken and restaurant improvements to grow sales

Ghai Restaurants bought the Houston-area stores from Mas Restaurant Group for an undisclosed sum, more than doubling its Taco Bell footprint.

The hot dog chain hopes recruiting high-performing operators from other restaurants will help it grow from over 50 stores to 1,500.

James Walker joins the six-branded company as it continues to expand nationwide through single-concept and co-branded locations.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is bringing back its “Summer of Extras” promotion as a way to build on its recently relaunched rewards program, per details shared with Marketing Dive.

The nontraditional location signals ongoing investment in Texas, where Portillo’s had a disappointing 2025.

Dairy Queen offers $150,000 incentive for Grill & Chill stores

Tijuana Flats has seen a significant turnaround with its sales trajectory.

Club Wingstop's loyalty features are in keeping with an industrywide move toward more intensive and personalized forms of loyalty built atop points-accumulating base programs.

The transaction will allow the chain to refinance debt, providing liquidity to help it reach 2,000 units and support investments in remodels and digital makelines.

The cultural play comes several years after the chain tapped Boyz II Men to remix the tune in an effort to double down on ‘90s nostalgia.

The former Chipotle executive joins the salad chain to oversee corporate strategy and the brand’s multi-pillar 'Sweet Growth Transformation Plan.'

Fast-casual brands are shifted away from generic discounting toward behavior-driven loyalty programs to increase customer lifetime value and offset rising operational costs.

Church's Texas Chicken hires Kevin Nemeth as chief commercial officer

Kate Savelli, who previously worked at Einstein Bros. Bagels, will lead brand, consumer, menu and partnership strategies as the chain tries to return to unit count growth.