Restaurant Business Exclusive Content
Financing
Red Lobster needs a buyer. How does Darden sound?
Reality Check: The casual dining giant sold Red Lobster in a cloud of controversy a decade ago. Here's why a return to the fold may not be as crazy as it sounds.
Food
KFC goes portable and poppable to grab the snacking generation
Behind the Menu: Bite-size Apple Pie Poppers, created to target customers' sweet spot, lend themselves to line extensions to expand the chain’s snack selections.
Emerging Brands
5 pre-emerging restaurant brands ready for takeoff
These small concepts are still proving out their ideas, but each shows promise as a potential candidate for the next generation of emerging chains.