Software innovation is accelerating, and so are the number of tech companies targeting the restaurant industry. Collectively, we’re starting to ask for a lot from restaurant operators. The tech...

In May 2023, Restaurantology had the opportunity to attend the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. Our experience at the premier event for the restaurant and hospitality industry was...

In short, yes. They absolutely do. Food trends have been around for decades. Over the past few years, it seems that popular items can even “go viral” as younger generations share their...

Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series on measuring, calculating, and inferring multi-unit restaurant location growth. This topic—and the way Restaurantology has brought inferred...

Contraction. Most consider it a four-letter word when talking about restaurant growth. And they wouldn’t be wrong. Yes, contraction among multi-unit restaurants means location count is...

It’s been a rough few years for restaurants, but growth and expansion are back on the menu. When restaurants talk about growth, they mean a couple of things: expansion into new markets or new...

This is part six in a continued series documenting multiunit restaurant growth in the United States and Canada. June brings us more Multiunit Restaurant (MUR) openings, and we’re here for it....

This is part five in a continued series documenting multiunit restaurant growth in the United States and

This is part four in a continued series documenting multiunit restaurant growth in the United States and Canada. April has showered us with more Multiunit Restaurant (MUR) openings, with 466 stores...

This is part three in a continued series documenting multi-unit restaurant growth in the United States and Canada. Multiunit restaurants (MURs) are growing in gross revenue, number of units, and...