Noodles & Company

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Where are all the restaurant customers?

Despite a booming economy, restaurants are still struggling with traffic, and here’s why, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Noodles & Co. sales surge, thanks to Zoodles

The company’s zucchini noodles helped same-store sales and traffic in the second quarter.

The fast-casual chain said its same-store sales have turned positive after years of weakness.

Our industry pros share what they think will rock menus in 2011.

The chain kicked off this year by closing 55 stores and tapping new capital for store-level initiatives

Here are some of the tactics the country’s leading independents—with revenues of $10 million or more—say have been most successful recently for building sales.

The deficit marks an improvement from the year-ago quarter, when the fast-casual operation lost $9.8 million.

Keith Kinsey will assume leadership of the hot dog operation from founder Dick Portillo. Noodles & Company has yet to name a new president or COO.

The speculation about who'll be Steve Ells' successor is already at full throttle. Here are a few of the candidates we think may be in the mix.

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