Almost everything increases in price as the years pass, from soda to chewing gum. Restaurant owners may be forced to increase prices to offset rising food costs or to become more profitable.

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. The restaurant-grocery inflation gap, widened again in September as my colleague Jon Springer wrote Tuesday. Over the past year, restaurant prices have ...

Eating out is taking a bigger bite out of American wallets, with small restaurants and national chains alike passing along the rising costs of basic commodities and labor. Chipotle Mexican Grill ...

Restaurant menu prices reached another 40-year high in June, as consumers’ wallets continue to feel pressure. The food away from home index lifted 7.7 percent year-over-year, the largest 12-month ...

The "Lighter Portion Entrées" menu offers smaller versions of existing dishes, including chicken parmigiana, eggplant parmigiana, lasagna classico, five cheese ziti al forno, cheese ravioli, spaghetti ...

The historic inflationary environment facing restaurant consumers continued in May, with the food away from home index rising 7.4 percent year-over-year—the largest 12-month increase since the period ...

That Dinner Tab Has Soared. Here Are All the Reasons. When the check hits the table at Good Fo o d on Montfo rd, an upscale yet casual restaurant in Charlotte, N.C., all the headlines about inflation ...