Global Foodservice News

The full-service concept, which posted 10% growth in same-store sales during fiscal Q1 2027, plans to open 13 new stores during the ongoing fiscal year. Dive Brief: Yard House reached $1 billion in sales for the trailing 52 weeks, Darden CEO Rick Cardenas said Thursday in a call discussing the company’s fiscal 2027 first quarter…

The Golden Arches is targeting 250 basis points in restaurant-level efficiency gains, backed by major investments in equipment and processes. At McDonald’s investor day last week, the brand’s executives laid out a high-level vision for drawing in consumers, improving operations and strengthening its menu. The chain is working on everything from tiered loyalty systems and…

The funds will compensate roughly 264,000 New York City delivery workers and require three years of payment monitoring. DoorDash agreed to pay $131.5 million to settle allegations that it underpaid or delayed payments to hundreds of thousands of delivery workers in New York City. The city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection described the agreement…

Potbelly announced today that the International Franchise Association (IFA) named franchisee Jignesh Patel a 2026 Franchisee of the Year, recognizing his entrepreneurial leadership, investment in his team and commitment to growing the brand across the Austin, Texas market. Jignesh will be honored during the IFA26 Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., Sept. 14-16. Nominated by their…

The family-dining chain’s new CEO David Deno is all about “doing fewer things better” Cracker Barrel is more than a year past its rebranding controversy and several quarters into a new turnaround strategy, but Wall Street is still watching closely to see if the company can move beyond the missteps of the recent past. When…

Consumer concerns over contaminated lettuce put a lid on sales and forced the chain to change its marketing plans. Consumer concern over contaminated lettuce threw a wrench into Olive Garden’s plans this summer. The Italian casual-dining chain was prepared to promote its long-standing offer of unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks last quarter, but scrapped the…

A third of operators have told the National Restaurant Association that they were not profitable in the first half of the year. Technology isn’t helping as much as you’d expect. A third of restaurants have told the National Restaurant Association that they were not profitable in the first half of the year, as weak traffic,…