One of the toughest challenges Kohl Wholesale faces today is the ongoing
growth of chain restaurants.
Not exact matches
Coffee's
growth is noteworthy in light
of the ho - hum overall
restaurant landscape as many
chains are struggling to perk up customer traffic.
McDonald's (MCD) is having a devil
of time breaking a three - year funk, but the struggling
restaurant chain thinks that tactics like toasting buns longer and changing how it sears its burgers could very well be the moves that put the iconic burger
chain back on the path to
growth.
«We ramped up our overhead so we could handle the explosive
growth of a company that goes public,» recounts Thomas DeJordy, owner
of Cafe La France, a Rhode Island - based
restaurant chain that was supposed to do its IPO in 1996.
McDonald's observers and investors have been looking for signs that the
restaurant chain has a plan to continue its momentum after posting five consecutive quarters
of growth.
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.
The market seems to be frustrated with the coffee
chain, as comparable - sales
growth has slowed from 5 % a few years ago to just 2 %, but considering the «
restaurant recession» going on in the U.S. over the last two years, Starbucks is still outperforming most
of its peers.
The combination
of people trying to get healthy or stay healthy — coupled with Muscle Maker Grill's steady
growth and media attention on outlets such as Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, food blogs and MTV's Jersey Shore — has garnered great interest for the quick - service
restaurant chain.
The
growth of national
restaurant chains is making it hard for the independent customers the company serves.
Mr. Kravis has more than three decades
of experience leading and managing the
growth and expansion
of retail
restaurant operations in food service
chains in Canada and across the globe.
The
growth of «fast casual»
restaurant chains such as Chipotle and Corner Bakery is a good example.
The nation's
restaurant chains are hiring again, a sign
of potential future
growth.
Most
of the
growth will come from the dollar stores, fast food
restaurants and fast casual
chains.