Restaurant executives sound like they’re operating on different planets these days. In the fast-food and slightly higher-end fast-casual world, caution is the mood. Cava and Chipotle missed Wall ...

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Rick Cardenas, Darden Restaurants CEO, said casual chains like Chili's and Applebee's seem to be having some success competing with fast-food spots.

It’s been a good few months for Darden Restaurants. Sales were up 6% in the second quarter of its fiscal year. The company owns a number of chains you probably know: Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, ...

Chili’s is winning the fast-casual war by prioritizing value and operational efficiency. And the proof is in the pudding: Same-store sales jumped more than 30% last quarter, and the restaurant is ...

In 1968, when the first Red Lobster opened in Lakeland, Fla., it was a pretty big deal for a restaurant to offer so much fresh seafood. While the interior was a bit on the dark side – and the wait for ...

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For anyone keen to venture into the restaurant business, it is the classy fine dining that strikes the imagination. Haughty and buttoned-up waiters, a formal style of service, hushed rooms, starched ...

The Panera Bread in suburban Edgewater, New Jersey (population: 12,000), is a sprawling casual counter and dining area with a stone fireplace, soft music, and dim lighting. One weekday afternoon, in a ...

The casual-dining segment’s sales were devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but they surged back in 2021, with most big brands registering double-digit gains through a year that was buffeted ...