Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has closed its remaining 16 restaurants, just two weeks after closing three locations in the Philadelphia market, including its original Newark, Del., brewpub, which ...

Chick-fil-A is the latest quick-service chain to aggressively go after the growing number of beverage-seeking consumers. The chain and its subsidiary, Red Wagon Ventures LLC, plans to open Daybright, ...

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has closed three locations in the Philadelphia market, including its original brewpub in Newark, Del., which opened in 1996. The company cited a “changing business ...

Franchise Equity Partners, a private investment firm specializing in providing capital to franchise businesses and their owners, has acquired a majority stake in 7 Crew, the second-largest franchisee ...

Starbucks workers in Illinois, Colorado, and California have sued the company, claiming its new dress code policy is unlawful because they were not reimbursed for required clothing purchases. The ...

Third-party delivery platforms continue to lead the way with new digital tools and bells and whistles for operator partners. DoorDash is at the front of the pack. Just over the past year, DoorDash ...

For years, restaurants assumed the challenge with Gen Z would be about digital habits or menu preferences. But my research shows something more fundamental. Gen Z has arrived without the shared ...

There have been plenty of comments from plenty of major restaurant executives about a pullback in spending among lower-income consumers. Some have even warned that middle-income consumers are ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9% for the 12 months ending August, after rising 2.7% in July, according to federal data released Thursday morning. This marked the highest inflationary uptick since ...

The United States Census Bureau defines 12 states as Midwestern: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. With a total ...

How does a restaurant company achieve scale? The easy answer is to suggest that, in this industry, chains equal scale: Replicating a concept into multiple locations magnifies its impact and potential.