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Restaurant Daily

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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No restaurant chain became the 'Chipotle of pizza'

The Bottom Line: A decade ago, several fast-casual chains emerged in the race to become to pizza what Chipotle was to Mexican. None of them made it.

Financing

The story of McDonald's strange year, in 2 parts

The Bottom Line: The quick-service giant’s dichotomous year was illustrated with back-to-back stories on the chain’s successful Grinch meal and its new value-focused franchising standards.

Technology

5 restaurant tech predictions for 2026

Tech Check: We envision more acquisitions and AI for restaurant tech in 2026. And we think this restaurant brand will start a podcast.

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Menu Talk: The former ballet dancer and pastry chef began her culinary journey at 17 in Mexico City, was mentored by several top restaurateurs and steadily achieved her own success.

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at lawsuits arguing that the food industry is making Americans chronically ill. Is processed food the new smoking?

The fast-casual pizza chain founded in 2011 was once one of the promising franchise brands in the niche, before the pandemic.

The Bottom Line: The quick-service giant’s dichotomous year was illustrated with back-to-back stories on the chain’s successful Grinch meal and its new value-focused franchising standards.

The fast-food burger chain sued ARC Burger, a 77-unit franchisee that bought the restaurants out of bankruptcy just two years ago, over unpaid royalties, rent and marketing funds.

Tech Check: We envision more acquisitions and AI for restaurant tech in 2026. And we think this restaurant brand will start a podcast.