Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB)

Casual dining restaurant chain. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 28, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 97 of the 104 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

18,852 team members, 18,647 at company-owned restaurants and 205 at the support center, read as restaurants with the counted support center at management of companies.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 11% now, 13% at the end of 2027, 14% at the end of 2028, 14% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 14% desk work, 22% people work and 65% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 86% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 10% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

18,852 employees as of December 28, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; the company-owned restaurants are in the United States and Canada.

The filing: “As part of our human capital management strategy, we focus on the following areas: Our Team Members As of December 28, 2025, we had 18,852 team members, consisting of 18,647 team members at Company-owned restaurants and 205 Restaurant Support Center team members.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 18,647 restaurant team members and 205 at the Restaurant Support Center; a typical restaurant employs 35 to 60 team members, most of them part-time on an hourly basis; tipped positions paid at least the tip credit or minimum wage plus tips; no part-time share stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Restaurants and Other Eating Places, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Starbucks (SBUX, 381,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC, 290,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Darden (DRI, 209,931 employees)11% now, 13% by 2028
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD, 150,000 employees)11% now, 13% by 2028
• Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG, 130,301 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (TXRH, 101,000 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Brinker International, Inc. (EAT, 85,003 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL, 74,500 employees)11% now, 14% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

4 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in four sentences: it has adopted and uses artificial intelligence and other such technologies in marketing, guest engagement, labor management, forecasting and administrative functions, and its risk factors note that AI-based tools may produce inaccurate or biased outputs and that AI may intensify cybersecurity risks.

• “In addition, the rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may intensify cybersecurity risks.”
• “We have adopted and use artificial intelligence ("AI") and other automated technologies in various aspects of our business, including marketing, guest engagement, labor management, forecasting, and administrative functions.”
• “AI-based tools may produce inaccurate, incomplete, or biased outputs, may not perform as intended, or may rely on data that is flawed or outdated, which could result in ineffective decision-making or other harms.”
• “The use of AI may increase our exposure to cybersecurity, data privacy, and regulatory risks, particularly as legal standards governing AI continue to develop.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20254median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-011733, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.