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Fast-growing Tropical Smoothie is being sold to Blackstone

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Friendly's parent Brix Holdings agrees to acquire Clean Juice

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Restaurant Business wins 2 Jesse H. Neal awards for excellence in B2B journalism

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After a long winter, spring brings signs of life to Applebee's and Outback

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Atlanta fine-dining fixture Ray's Restaurants to be sold as founder retires

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Cava is ready to bring its bowls to the Midwest

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Employees of discontinued Foxtrot and Dom's chains sue for unpaid wages

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Chipotle officially kills Farmesa as potential second concept

Leadership

Dave & Buster's names a CFO, Wienerschnitzel adds a development chief and more restaurant executive moves

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Hitting resistance elsewhere, ghost kitchens and virtual concepts find a happy home in family dining

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A wave of bankruptcies hits the restaurant industry

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Chipotle raises menu prices in California up to 7%

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"Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today.

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Financing

Despite their complaints, customers keep flocking to Chipotle

The Bottom Line: The chain continued to be a juggernaut last quarter, with strong sales and traffic growth, despite frequent social media complaints about shrinkflation or other challenges.

Operations

Hitting resistance elsewhere, ghost kitchens and virtual concepts find a happy home in family dining

Reality Check: Old-guard chains are finding the alternative operations to be persistently effective side hustles.

Financing

The Tijuana Flats bankruptcy highlights the dangers of menu miscues

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual chain’s problems following new menu debuts in 2021 and 2022 show that adding new items isn’t always the right idea.

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Operations

Here are some tips for boosting slow days at your restaurant

Advice Guy: RB’s operations expert says discounts are not the secret to improving traffic early in the week, but he knows some creative offerings that might do the trick.

Marketing

New research shows a wait for a table can be a potent restaurant draw

A Penn State study found that a queue of fellow customers is taken as proof a patron has chosen the right place to eat.

Food

How to use the plus-one strategy to build unique LTOs

This strategy can help operators elevate core menu items and create signature dishes by re-imagining everyday ingredients.

Financing

Despite their complaints, customers keep flocking to Chipotle

The Bottom Line: The chain continued to be a juggernaut last quarter, with strong sales and traffic growth, despite frequent social media complaints about shrinkflation or other challenges.

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There's enough color in TGI Fridays' past for a month of Sundays

Restaurant Rewind: With the casual-dining greybeard set to begin a new chapter as a British-owned concept, it’s a good time to remember the brand’s decidedly American past.

Financing

Sticky's Finger Joint declares bankruptcy

The New York chicken tender chain struggled coming out of the pandemic with inflation and several legal challenges. It is the latest in a string of industry bankruptcy filings.