Group Managing Editor, Informa’s Foodservices Vertical (Aug. 2021-present) Group Content Manager, Informa Restaurant and Food Group (Feb. 2020-Aug. 2021) Digital Content Manager, Informa ...

New data from Popmenu finds that 67% of Americans are reducing spending on everything, with 61% pulling back on dining out ...

Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that businesses serving large immigrant populations are experiencing sales and traffic declines, citing fears of the Trump administration’s mass ...

Joanna Fantozzi is a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She has more than seven years of experience writing about the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her ...

Emerging, a growth capital firm investing in restaurant innovation, technology, and experiential entertainment, has named G.J. Hart, the former Red Robin executive, as managing partner, the ...

Senior Food & Beverage Editor Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. Hi is responsible for spotting and reporting on F&B trends ...

Kevin Garry is owner and operating partner at L’Artusi. He joined Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern as a server upon moving to New York City in 2003. After working at Gramercy Tavern for 5 years ...

Restaurants brace for less frequency as consumer spending slowed in Q1 The gross domestic product reading declined for the first time since 2022, while the industry reports ‘unsettled sales and ...

Alicia Kelso is the executive editor of Nation's Restaurant News. She began covering the restaurant industry in 2010 for QSRweb.com, FastCasual.com and PizzaMarketplace.com. When her son was born ...

Alicia Kelso is the executive editor of Nation's Restaurant News. She began covering the restaurant industry in 2010 for QSRweb.com, FastCasual.com and PizzaMarketplace.com. When her son was born ...

Shortly after Kevin Hochman was named chief executive officer of Chili’s parent company Brinker International in 2022, he had a mockup magazine cover made that said, “Chili’s is back, baby ...