Gastronomy industry is massive and there are a lot of restaurant chains. The most popular are the fast food chains, but in this article we want to consider the restaurant chains, which are not including the fast food market, coffee, bakery or similar. We will list some of the 6 most popular casual dining Restaurant chains.
Do you know which are the 6 most popular casual dining Restaurant chains in the world?
In this article we want to focus on all restaurant chains, referring to restaurants with middle-casual level of dining.
Of course, the most known are the fast foods as McDonalds or Starbucks, but there are other gastronomy categories too on an international level. Indeed, some interesting Restaurant´s concept have been multiplying and today are present in different cities and countries.
Let´s check in details the most popular casual dining Restaurant chains.
Olive Garden
Italian Restaurant part of the big gastronomy company Darden Restaurants. Designed by Americans in 1982, there are 892 Restaurants worldwide and more than 24k employees. Olive Garden is operating in 13 countries. Interesting to know is that the company is sending cooks and managers to Tuscany every year, aimed to spend some hours in original Italian Restaurants and learn from them.
Hard Rock Café
Is not only a café, but is also a casual dining Restaurant, a museum, a shop and a casino. It counts 165 Restaurants in 74 countries, some are directly inside the Hard Rock Hotel. There are almost 5k employees working for Hard Rock Café.
A powerhouse of gastronomy and hospitality, very popular in the biggest cities worldwide. The peculiarity is surely the huge variety of rare clothes, instruments and items belonging to rock stars. The first café was born in London in 1971.
TGI Friday’s
American Restaurant, with first opening in 1965 in New York City. Today this company offers 990 Restaurants worldwide in more than 60 countries. The name means Thank Goodness is Friday and today become a franchised brand. All locations can be recognized for the retro design in a young atmosphere. The typical colours are red and white. The corporate culture is focusing on people: employees and guests.
Red Lobster
Is a casual dining restaurant specialized in seafood and of course in lobsters. First opening in 1968 by Mr. Darden, later known as the owner of Darden Restaurants. There are 749 locations worldwide in 14 countries. 55k employees, headquarters in Orlando and 25% acquisition by Thai Union. Investing a lot in marketing, the company made once a big misstep. In 2003 they launched a promotion for crab legs, unaware of the revenue loss: people were sitting at the table for very long time, crunching crab legs. Consequently, the waiting time for a table was too long, losing a lot of guests. Anyhow, the brand is one of the most known at international level.
Steak and shake
American casual Restaurant, born in 1934 in Illinois. After 90 Years the company owns 628 Restaurants and gives job to more than 20k employees. In the 30s there were another mind for the gastronomy and the meat was considered “impure”. However, people were not used to eat often grilled beef. Nevertheless, Steak and Shake revolutionized burger and grills.
Planet Hollywood International
As understandable by the name, this company is totally inspired by Hollywood. The first location was founded in Britain in 1970. Today, there are 3 Restaurants in Los Angeles, Orlando and Doha. Well, in the 90s there were 10 locations. Unfortunately, the crisis after September 11th had a strong impact on the company. In any case, they are still working with the hospitality and on other market, selling for example Hollywood memorabilia as NFTs and in Metaverse. For this reason, the brand is still strong.
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