OpenTable has released survey findings showing that mothers and maternal figures prefer a restaurant reservation over breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day, citing messiness as the top complaint about the classic gesture, followed by the cleanup it creates. To accompany the data, the platform published its annual Top 100 Brunch Restaurants list, curated with larger tables and family-friendly options in mind. The finding is intuitive but commercially useful for OpenTable: it reframes a cultural ritual that requires nothing from the platform into one that centers a reservation.

Red Lobster has revived its Endless Shrimp promotion starting April 20, offering five dishes including a new addition alongside returning classics—responding to what the brand describes as sustained demand from its customer base. The promotion is positioned as limited-time only. The return of Endless Shrimp carries some institutional weight for Red Lobster: the promotion was directly implicated in the chain’s 2023 financial difficulties, when it was converted to a permanent menu item and contributed to significant losses before the company filed for bankruptcy.