Restaurant development involves planning details for many practical issues instead of just choosing a style of cuisine. Choosing whether a restaurant focuses on upscale, casual or fast food is ...

Raising Cane’s CEO Todd Graves received the worst grade in his college business class on his proposal for a chicken finger ...

Potential investors or lenders will care less about your restaurant concept than they will about your research and financial projections, so writing a winning proposal means doing that groundwork.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the franchising, restaurant and food services industry. An executive summary is a short but powerful document that ...