Bank of America provided a comprehensive update on the restaurant sector. The firm circled Dutch Bros (BROS), Chipotle (CMG), Wingstop (WING), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWG), and Restaurant Brands ...

During the fourth quarter, there were 13 new system-wide restaurant openings consisting of 12 company-owned restaurants and one franchise-owned restaurant. During 2025, there were 64 system-wide new ...

First Watch opened a record-setting 64 new restaurants in 2025, which drove the casual-dining breakfast brand’s 3.1% same-store sales growth in Q4. With the company more than one-quarter of the way ...