Bret Thorn

4 days ago | nrn.com | Bret Thorn

Shake Shack plans to open a third support center later this year at The Battery Atlanta and will build a flagship location nearby that will be the first company-owned restaurant with a full bar. The New York City-based fast-casual chain already has one such center in its home city and an international one in Hong Kong. The new center will be located across Battery Avenue from Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, and next to the Coca-Cola Roxy concert venue.

4 days ago | nrn.com | Bret Thorn

We now have a weapon against obesity that actually works. Glucagon-like peptide-1 medications, better known as GLP-1s, have succeeded where dieting usually fails. They’ve changed the way millions of Americans eat by changing their relationship with food, essentially forcing them to eat more healthfully, and as a result, helping them to lose weight and keep it off.

1 week ago | restaurant-hospitality.com | Bret Thorn

Plus a long sandwich, black cod cioppino, and a drink that suggests that The Karate Kid was the bad guyThere is apparently a game some people play when they watch the 1984 film The Karate Kid: View it with the assumption that the film’s hero, Daniel, played by Ralph Macchio, is the villain. It becomes a completely different film.

1 week ago | nrn.com | Bret Thorn

Plus innovation at CC’s Coffee House, Farmer Boys, Fazoli's, Gong Cha, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, Jim ‘N Nick’s, Jinya Ramen Bar, Juice it Up!, Lime Fresh, Mountain Mike's Pizza, Pizza Guys, PJ’s Coffee, Potbelly, Randy’s Donuts, Red Robin, Rock N’ Roll Sushi, Salad and Go, Salad House, Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Sweetgreen, Velvet Taco, Vitality Bowls, Wetzels Pretzels, and Yogurtland May is mango season in much of the tropics, which is where mangos grow, and several restaurant chains are...

1 week ago | nrn.com | Bret Thorn

Outback Steakhouse wants to fix its value perception. Executives said the chain has lost share to steakhouse competitors on value, which includes pricing and food quality. Applebee’s is also changing its value strategy. After trying out a new $10 meal deal last year, the chain is now shifting its focus back to its core 2 for $25 menu. It found that customers have an affinity for 2 for $25 and that it helps set Applebee’s apart from the competition.