Crying Fowl: Approaching the Chicken Wing Conundrum

Rebates for multi-unit restaurants often go unnoticed at first, but as brands add locations and purchasing volume grows, they quietly become one of the most reliable ways to protect margins without...

Cost pressure hasn’t gone anywhere. What has changed is how operators respond to it—and that shift is shaping multi-unit restaurant strategies for 2026. This year, multi-unit leaders are less...