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Financing

A warm January was good for restaurants

Same-store sales grew last month, according to Black Box, and the industry kept on hiring.

Leadership

Taco Bell names Nikki Lawson global chief brand officer

The longtime executive previously led KFC in the South Pacific.

KFC U.S. President Kevin Hochman will be interim president of the struggling chain, which also added two key executives.

The company has reached an agreement with the convenience store chain to close the units by the end of this year.

The chain reported its best same-store sales in six years, thanks in part to Beyond Sausage, but traffic is still down.

CEO Nishant Machado joins "A Deeper Dive" to talk about the chain’s comeback and its multibrand operation.

The newly created JDE Peet’s also named several new directors.

The restaurant operator opted out of a nearly 30-year arrangement as demands for airport concessions evolve.

The staff reduction is the latest in a series of massive changes at the Connecticut-based sandwich giant.

Kitopi nabbed $60 million to expand in the U.S. as delivery-focused kitchens continue to gain steam, says RB’s The Bottom Line. But is it too much, too fast?

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