Outstanding Operator: Big Chicken
Big Chicken, the fast-casual founded by basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. O’Neal was inspired by his childhood memories of eating his mom’s chicken around the kitchen table. He wanted to create something...
Yum Brands Launches AI-Powered Platform to Centralize All Tech
Yum Brands has introduced Byte by Yum, a collection of proprietary software-as-a-service AI-driven products. This will help its brands like Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill streamline operations by consolidating all its tech solutions into a...
Outstanding Operator: Potbelly
Potbelly is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Potbelly is known for its Wreck sandwiches, which are vertically layered creations of Everest proportions. But wreck doesn’t describe the year it had in 2024. Heck yes is more like it. Its digital and off-premises...
Wings Etc. Tackles the Super Bowl and Targets Off-Premises Growth
Jalen Hurts wasn’t the only big winner during the Super Bowl. Wings Etc. Grill & Pub came away smiling as well. And it has a strategy in place to keep it spiking the football throughout the year. The brand, which operates 80 locations in 13 states, does big...
Chili’s Is the Talk of the Industry. Its Off-Premises Choices May Explain Why
If you talk to operators about their off-premises success, many of them will bring up the importance of curbside pick-up. Some see it as a key to their success. Not Chili’s. At the end of the first quarter in 2024 the brand jettisoned the practice. It was creating...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.