From favored flavors to global influences, discover how today’s beverage trends are shaping tomorrow’s consumer cravings—with ...

16 restaurant segments ranked by systemwide sales growthEvery year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present The Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in ...

100 Under 100: Emerging restaurant chains take the United States by storm Meet the fastest-growing emerging restaurants in the U.S.

New restaurant listings grew by 10% on Yelp in the past year Yelp’s State of the Restaurant Industry Report indicates staggering growth in pop-up restaurants, despite a return to relative normalcy.

At the core of restaurants, of course, is food, and its quality. In fact, Datassential director of content Conaghan suggests that the quality of food in particular needs to be ensured to meet the ...

2025 Top 500: The 50 biggest restaurant chains in America It was a tough year for the industry, but there were big wins for Dutch Bros, Raising Cane’s, and more ...

Starbucks to hire assistant managers for most restaurants The coffeehouse chain also is launching technological improvements, a new coffee roast, and more ...

How franchise Mountain Mike’s Pizza thrived in 2024 while major chains struggled CEO Jim Metevier shares how the California-based chain is leveraging its in-store experience and community ...

Chicken-based concepts helped increase the number of locations among brands in 2024, according to Technomic Top 500 data. “Location development buoyed Top 500 performance,” the data company ...

Applebee’s will prioritize marketing and remodels in 2025 The chain’s same-store sales declined 4.7% in Q4, as low-income consumers continued to stay home ...

Red Robin plans to close dozens of underperforming restaurants The company is evaluating approximately 70 locations that generated operating losses last year ...

Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News presents the Top 500 biggest restaurants in America, ranked by systemwide sales in the previous fiscal year. This year, we’re using data from our partners ...