2026 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast
The 2026 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast offers a sneak peek into the flavors and creative food items that will soon hit menus everywhere.
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Always Ready: Utility Disruptions
Learn how to assess risk, plan ahead, respond during outages, manage insurance, and recover quickly to protect guests and your business. Download your copy today!
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Advocacy
The Credit Card Competition Act Policy Brief
January 14, 2026The restaurant industry urges policymakers to create competition in the broken credit card processing market and reduce excessive credit card swipe fees by passing the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA).
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Advocacy
Just the Facts on CCCA
January 14, 2026The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) would drive down the exorbitant swipe fees paid on credit card transactions by creating competition in the broken credit card processing market. It would prohibit the nation’s largest banks from restricting the number of processing networks on which a credit card
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Research
Food Costs
January 14, 2026Wholesale food prices continued to trend higher in November -
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Total restaurant industry sales
January 14, 2026Restaurant sales rose 0.6% in November -
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Menu Prices
January 13, 2026Menu prices jumped in December, but overall inflation trends reflected moderation -
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Total restaurant industry jobs
January 09, 2026Restaurants added 150k jobs in 2025