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Your quick morning dose of the restaurant news you need, every weekday, from the editors of Restaurant Business and Nation's Restaurant News.

A Deeper Dive

"A Deeper Dive" is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze.

Menu Talk

“Menu Talk”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

The Week in Restaurants

What's happening in the restaurant industry this week, with a discussion on the week's biggest news and topics, along with technology trends and other issues.

Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

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Leadership

How one of the nation's top-grossing restaurateurs is navigating the toughest economic climate ever

Stephen Starr's company has nine concepts on the Top 100 list of top-performing independent restaurants, more than any other operator. But he says if he had to start over now, he's not sure he could build what he built.

Technology

Third-party delivery gets a challenger brand

Tech Check: Seamless is shaking things up in New York City with $1 pizza slices and a more local attitude. It could force larger competitors to take note.

Financing

In the fast-food Mexican sector, there is Taco Bell, and everyone else

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box’s planned sale of Del Taco highlights the sector’s complexity. Consumers are eating more Mexican. But they’re avoiding fast-food Mexican restaurants. Unless it’s Taco Bell.

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The Week in Restaurants: This week, the restaurant news podcast features a discussion on the new CEO of Jersey Mike's, the old CEO of Red Robin, why Jack in the Box is selling Del Taco, and restaurant technology disruptors.

The fast-food giant will debut McCrispy Strips on May 5, its first new permanent menu item in four years and another push into the chicken business. It also plans a new Creamy Chili Dip.

Marketing Bites: Chili’s CMO George Felix dishes on the casual-dining chain’s viral cheese pull and why, sometimes, the worst thing a restaurant can have is good marketing.

Hart is stepping down as head of the casual-dining chain after more than two years at the helm. Pace has been chairman of the board since 2019.

The former Wingstop chief executive will take over as CEO of the sandwich chain, while founder Peter Cancro will remain chairman. Morrison will be only the second CEO in the company’s history.

The Italian casual-dining chain has been shrinking for years. It plans to refocus its efforts on a new fast-casual format, Bertucci's Pronto.