chain restaurants

Jersey Mike's has been growing while Subway closes stores. Analysts say the chain has benefited from offering grilled sandwiches, operating its own stores, and rarely running discounts.

Taco Bell saw an 8% increase in same-store sales, a key metric restaurants use to measure the health of a business.

Preliminary data from Technomic shows that chains grew by 3%, while small restaurants declined by more than 2% last year.

Value meals used to be the domain of fast food chains like McDonalds. But now fast-casual places like Panera are entering "the value wars."

Facing a drop in sales, Panera’s changes include a menu refresh, adding new locations and bringing back some fan favorites.

Many customers have gotten frustrated with price increases at fast-food restaurants, which means they’re going to casual dining restaurants like Chili’s. McDonald’s is trying to lure them back by cutting prices.

A brand that started in 1969 is making a comeback.

Darden Restaurants, which owns chains like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, had its first same-store sales decline since the pandemic.

With changing patterns of dining, how are small format restaurants, like McDonald’s CosMc, shaping up?

If bargain hunters skimp on the add-ons, the business may have to eat a loss. For Red Lobster, it was $11 million last quarter.