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Leadership

Pokeworks promotes Regina Cheung to CEO

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 30, 2023

The 60-unit chain’s former CFO will take the helm as it plots its growth outside the U.S. for the first time.

Financing

How Subway's closures could open the door for growth chains

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 30, 2023

The Bottom Line: Ike’s Love & Sandwiches has grown to 100 locations. And a surprisingly big part of its growth strategy involves closed Subway restaurants.

Financing

Yes, you can operate a sustainable restaurant in a small town

By Lori Rakoczy on Aug. 29, 2023

Technomic's Take: Black Valley Provender in Everett, Penn., shows how a restaurant can operate in a small town using local ingredients and higher-priced menus.

Financing

If you're going to discount, tread carefully

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 29, 2023

The Bottom Line: Consumers could easily shift into value mode as they start repaying student loans and run out of pandemic cash. But that doesn’t mean you should start slashing prices.

Financing

Krystal hopes selling some restaurants will spur growth

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 29, 2023

The burger chain is planning a “strategic refranchising program,” refranchising restaurants in certain markets to operators that then build more locations.

Financing

These are the restaurant chains that closed the most locations in 2022

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 29, 2023

Papa Murphy’s, Baskin-Robbins and Burger King are among the chains that closed the most net restaurants last year. But one big chain stands out.

Leadership

Dog Haus names Michael Montagano CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 28, 2023

The former Kitchen United chief executive will become the first CEO in in the Pasadena, Calif.-based chain’s history.

Financing

Roark Capital solidifies its status as the go-to fast-food buyer

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 25, 2023

The Bottom Line: The 22-year-old private equity firm has been involved in many of the industry’s biggest deals, especially in recent years. And Subway isn’t even the biggest.

Financing

Roark Capital has a deal to buy Subway

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 24, 2023

The private equity firm, which owns Inspire Brands and Focus Brands among other restaurant companies, won an eight-month auction for the sandwich giant.

Financing

Subway's complex sale process comes to its expected conclusion

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 24, 2023

The Bottom Line: The lengthy sale process and the apparent deal terms in Roark Capital’s winning bid reveal just how difficult a turnaround the sandwich giant is.

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