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Andrew and Shauna Smith.

Savory Fund’s Journey from ‘Moonshots’ to Mega Growth

Landscape picture of Greg Flynn inside an Applebee's.

How Flynn Group Ascended to the Pinnacle of Restaurant Franchising

Four Subway sandwiches.

QSR’s Transformational Brand of 2023: Subway Becomes a Winner Again

7 Brew drinks held in the air.

QSR’s Breakout Brand of 2023: 7 Brew Rewrites the Record Book

Crumbl Cookies CEO.

How Crumbl Baked Up a Cookie Revolution

20 Digital Disruptors Pushing the Restaurant Industry Forward

Portillo's employees.

QSR’s Best Brands to Work For in 2023

Peter Cancro, CEO of Jersey Mike's.

Jersey Mike’s Has No Plans to Let Up

Checkers and Rally's restaurant.

Checkers Changes the Drive-Thru Game Yet Again

McDonald’s Fort Worth, Texas, small-format prototype debuted in December with an order-ahead lane for customers to receive food via conveyor. So how does it actually perform? We tested it out.

The 2023 QSR® Drive-Thru Report

Crisp & Green is rapidly expanding.

QSR’s Best Franchise Deals: 2023 Edition

Subway is appealing to a wider audience with freshly sliced meats.

Subway Rewrites Playbook with Legacy Still Intact

Smalls Sliders has nine open locations. Drew Brees' first franchised store will open later this year.

Drew Brees and Smalls Sliders Game Plan for National Stardom

Inspire Brands CEO Paul Brown says one of the company's keys to integrating brands was to remove the guardrails to innovation.

Inspire Brands and the Making of a Restaurant Group Unlike Any Other

This year's rankings showed an industry ready to scale again in the wake of pandemic setbacks.

The 2023 QSR 50: Fast Food’s Leading Annual Report

McDonald's set an ambitious goal to improve wait times by about 60 seconds in top markets by 2025.

Ranked: The Top 50 Fast-Food Chains in America

Chick-fil-A boasts the highest average-unit volume in this year's QSR 50.

Ranked: The Top Fast-Food Chicken Chains in America

Subway has retracted in recent calendars, yet still boasts the biggest footprint in the business.

Ranked: The Top Fast-Food Sandwich Chains in America

Domino's continues to hold the top spot.

Ranked: The Top Fast-Food Pizza Chains in America

Taco Bell continues to post impressive growth figures.

Ranked: The Top Global Fast-Food Chains in America

Starbucks had a massive growth year in 2022.

Ranked: The Top Fast-Food Snack Chains in America

Portillo's recorded robust average-unit volumes in 2022.

The 50 QSR Contenders for 2023

Wendy's has settled into the No. 2 spot.

Ranked: The Top Fast-Food Burger Chains in America

Starbucks last year teamed up with Volvo and the EV infrastructure company ChargePoint to install charging stations at its parking lots along a 1,350-mile route from Denver to Seattle.

Can Fast-Food Restaurants Surge America’s EV Charging Network?

In 2021, Panera announced that it wants to become climate positive by 2050.

How Panera Became a Pioneer of Sustainability and Change

PDQ, a Florida-based fast-casual chicken chain, has concession stands throughout the Southeast, including in its home market of Tampa.

The Future of Concessions is Already Here

Created to reduce complexity in the kitchen and help crew members execute at a higher level, the simpler menu features the all-new, hand-breaded Bo’s Chicken Biscuit for breakfast and Bo’s Chicken Sandwich and Bo’s Chicken Tenders for lunch and dinner, with no bone-in chicken. The menu change is for new market growth; legacy stores aren’t removing bone-in chicken.

Ready to Grow Again, Bojangles is Going All-In on Experience

Krystal recently opened its first company-run store in six-plus years.

Krystal’s Comeback Has Been Loud and Clear

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