Sentences with phrase «casual chain restaurant»

Olive Garden is unique (as unique as a casual chain restaurant can be) in that it tries really hard to evoke a certain feeling that's both easy to pin down — Tuscany, Italy — and able to exist throughout small - town and big - city America.

Giraffe is a casual chain restaurant with outlets in central and suburban London (including Heathrow and Gatwick airports) and also around the UK.

Not exact matches

I may do this to fund the expansion of the Kobeyaki chain of Japanese fast - casual restaurants that I own with three partners.

Italian casual - dining chain Bertucci's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April and closed 15 restaurants.

You may recall that one of my new businesses is a chain of fast - casual Japanese restaurants called Kobeyaki.

The casual dining chain's parent company Dine Brands Global (din) said on Tuesday it would close as many as 80 Applebee's restaurants this year on top of the nearly 100 it shuttered last year, while opening between 10 and 15 as it looks to improve the restaurant's fortunes.

While casual - dining chains have been struggling for years, the industry is now on the cusp of a new restaurant recession — and casual chains will likely be hit the hardest.

But the past few years have been tough on casual restaurants — a vast category that occupies everything between fast food and fine dining — as chains have surrendered market share to a growing wave of upscale fast - food brands like Five Guys and Freshii.

To compete, chains like Applebee's have attempted to copy fast - casual competitors by updating restaurant designs and building out their lunch and takeout businesses.

Brands such as Buffalo Wild Wings, Ruby Tuesday, and Applebee's have faced sales slumps and dozens of restaurant closings as casual - dining chains have struggled to attract customers and increase sales.

Now it looks as though bargain shoppers are once again controlling the restaurant industry — something that is driving consumers away from casual chains in favor of eating at home or at fast - food and fast - casual chains.

Instead, since the recession, two factors have drawn business away from casual - dining chains: the rise of fast - casual restaurants and more people eating at home.

When Cara Operations merged with Fairfax Financial's Prime Restaurants in October, the 130 - year old company cemented its grip on Canada's casual dining market by adding East Side Mario's and Casey's to an arsenal that already included nationwide chains like Swiss Chalet and Milestones.

Arby's parent company, Roark Capital Group, confirmed on Monday that its deal to acquire fast - casual restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings has been completed.

The casual - dining chain, which operates 550 locations across the U.S. and Canada, says online orders booked via redrobin.com will let diners place orders with a specific pick - up time, prepay for those orders, and also feature customization of the burgers in a way that mirrors the experience in the brick - and - mortar restaurant locations.

As most of you probably know, I operate a chain of fast - casual restaurants in New York City called Kobeyaki, which feature Japanese «rolls, bowls, burgers & buns.»

Within the so called «fast - casual» restaurant space, a category led by Panera and burrito chain Chipotle (CMG), the message is often just as important as the menu.

«If one person has the capacity to defer, and one person better have the capacity to defer, someone's got to do that,» says Mario Del Pero, who founded the fast - casual restaurant chain Mendocino Farms in 2005 with his wife, Ellen Chen.

And after pressure from an activist investor, Bob Evans ended up splitting the troubled casual - dining restaurant chain from the faster growing and more profitable packaged foods business.

Shares of Habit Restaurants Inc, known for its charburgers, doubled in their first day of trading, making it the most successful debut by a fast casual restaurant chain in the United States this year.

Fast casual chains sell food that consumers perceive as having higher quality than fast - food restaurants and are also priced a few dollars above those bargain - focused chains, but doesn't require table service like Olive Garden, Applebee's and other casual - dining chains.

Fast - casual Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle (CMG), for example, is known for its «Food with integrity» campaign that touts that company's efforts to obtain food ingredients with the highest respect for animals, the environment and farmers.

And, with analyst concerns that the US could be entering a restaurant recession and that the industry is «over-retailed,» casual dining chains are being hit especially hard by customers» disinterest.

• Partners Group acquired a minority stake in Green Tea Restaurant, a China - based casual dining restaurant chain.

The moves come as the world's largest restaurant company faces increasingly stiff competition from other fast - food outlets as well as from a growing number of fast - casual restaurant chains.

Fast - casual restaurants have menus that are filled with food that consumers perceive as healthier fare than what fast - food competitors sell, but without the table service found at casual dining chains.

Turnas says that he's looked to fine dining restaurateurs, who have opened up fast casual concepts — like Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, which expanded from high - end restaurants like Gramercy Tavern and the Modern into the Shake Shack chain.

While Tristano sees the industry moving toward an emphasis on fresh ingredients and preparation — a move that benefits fast - casual restaurants more than major burger chains — the specific trend matters less than the effect it has.

The deals, praised by investors who sent shares up nearly 15 % in after - hours trading, splits the troubled casual - dining restaurant chain from the faster growing and more profitable packaged foods business that sells sausages, macaroni and cheese, and other foods under the Bob Evans, Owens and Country Creek brand names.

Most recently, Anthem Properties, a significant player in Vancouver real estate, bought two iconic buildings on Hastings Street, the Save On Meats restaurant / butcher shop and the B.C. Electric Building, soon to become the head office for the Earl's casual - dining chain.

They also value getting through the line quickly in so - called fast - casual restaurants (upscale fast - food chains without table service, such as Chipotle)(81 percent versus 71 percent) and care relatively less about «friendly» service.

For much of that time, those stocks rose alongside gains in the broader restaurant industry as fast - casual chains like Chipotle and Panera also surged.

Traffic at fast - food restaurants in Canada is expected to grow by only 1 % annually over the next five years, as fast - casual chains bring in more customers.

BRIDGING a gap in the market between fast - food joints and full - service restaurants, fast - casual chains such as Shake Shack, Nando's chicken restaurants and Chipotle Mexican Grill are enjoying success across the world.

(Reuters)- Shares of Habit Restaurants Inc (HABT.O) more than doubled in their trading debut, underscoring the growing appetite among investors for stocks of fast casual restaurant chains - increasingly, the choice of health - conscious diners.

NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund II has already invested in two companies: Shakespeare and Co., a popular casual dining restaurant chain based in the UAE and Yatsan, a leading mattress manufacturer and retailer based in Turkey.

Higher grocery prices might lead diners to restaurants, but Chili's still has to compete with newer, flashier, of - the - moment fast casual chains for consumer dollars.

The casual US sit - down restaurant chain announced this month that it will be shuttering more than 130 of its restaurants by 2018, the result of poor growth after a failed attempt to rebrand itself for a younger crowd.

Casual restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse Inc (NASDAQ: TXRH) has seen its stock outperform the S&P 500 index by more than 2,000 basis points since June 2017.

The chains are hopeful to see an increase in sales at the end of the month due to improving weather conditions, Badishkanian says, but «increased competition and trading out (QSRs for fast casual restaurants) by middle income diners mean sales are not likely to rebound.»

The fine - casual Italian - style restaurant chain has 26 locations in Quebec and Calgary and plans to open three more locations by the spring of 2015, including two in Quebec and one more in Calgary.

FlipSide Burger is a small Ohio chain (only five restaurants; four are in the Cleveland area) that's trying to be a somewhat upscale casual eatery that offers interesting takes on traditional pub grub (burgers, salads, appetizers, sandwiches) and a fair selection of adult beverages.

This item has quickly become the top seller on the chain's new appetizer menu as Friday's becomes the first major casual restaurant to introduce a dish that has been popular for several years at upscale chains.

The successful Italian chain is part of the Brinker group of restaurants that controls several other high - profile casual eateries including Border Mexican Grill, Maggiano's, and Chili's.

Veggie Grill — the fast - casual all vegan restaurant chain has just added a game - changing burger to its menu: Beyond Meat's...

Fast - casual restaurant chain Moe's Southwest Grill is bringing Moe's Breakfast Bowls to the frozen food s...

Fast - casual restaurant chain Moe's Southwest Grill is bringing Moe's Breakfast Bowls to the frozen food section of grocery stores nationwide with help from Kellogg Co..

Veggie Grill — the fast - casual all vegan restaurant chain has just added a game - changing burger to its menu: Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger.

Moe's Southwest Grill ®, the fast - casual restaurant chain best known for creating mouthwatering burritos to - order with fresh, craveable ingredients handcrafted for each -LSB-...]

ATLANTA — August 10, 2015 — Schlotzsky's ®, home of The Original ® oven - baked sandwich and famous Fresh - from - Scratch ® buns, announced today that Monte Jump has been named Vice President of Global Marketing for the Lotz Better ® fast - casual restaurant chain.