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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

MGG Investment Group invests in Shari's Restaurants

The investment firm invested in the chain’s 42 Oregon locations, where the restaurants operate video lottery games.

Financing

Ron Shaich, a Wall Street critic as a CEO, returns as an investor

The Bottom Line: The former CEO of Panera Bread hammered Wall Street for its short-sightedness after his company was sold. His comments were different following the Cava Group IPO last week.

Financing

Restructuring gives control of Checkers to its lenders

Arbour Lane Capital Management, Garnett Station Partners and Guggenheim Investments are taking majority ownership in a deal that will cut back on the fast-food chain’s debt.

Technology

Domino's will let you get pizza delivered nearly anywhere

The pizza giant is adding “pinpoint delivery,” enabling customers to get their food delivered to locations without a typical address.

Financing

Why student loan repayments may hit restaurants

The Bottom Line: Americans will soon start repaying their student loans again. That could sap some energy out of restaurant sales.

Financing

Will Cava Group be the next Chipotle or the next Noodles & Co.?

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mediterranean chain is the latest to draw enthusiasm from investors hoping they’ve found a company that could come close to Chipotle’s return.

Financing

Would Domino's ever work with third-party delivery? Maybe

The pizza delivery giant is keeping the door open regarding aggregators such as DoorDash and Uber Eats. The company uses a simple, risk-reward calculation in evaluating whether it makes sense to be on those apps.

Financing

Burger King wants a bankrupt franchisee to put its restaurants up for sale

The fast-food burger chain said it would not support a process in which operator Meridian Restaurants emerges from bankruptcy still owning its restaurants, joining with the franchisee's creditors in pushing for a sale.

Marketing

Taco Bell introduces its latest uniform collaboration, with Ricardo Gonzalez

The Brooklyn artist, known as It’s a Living, put his own spin on the fast-food chain’s uniforms. For the company, the goal is simple: Workers like cool outfits.

Financing

Chip Wade on how to manage the 'new workforce dynamic'

A Deeper Dive: The CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group joins the podcast to discuss adapting to new customer demand, how to maintain workforce culture and the adjustment since taking the top job.

Workforce

Jury awards former Starbucks manager $25.6M in discrimination case

The former regional manager sued the coffee giant in 2019, saying she was wrongly fired following the arrests of two Black men in one of Starbucks' Philadelphia cafes.

Financing

Restaurants continued to raise prices in May

Limited-service prices increased 8% annually last month, even as retail grocery price inflation slowed further.

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