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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.

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Menu Feed

“Menu Feed” is a biweekly podcast hosted by Senior Editor Patricia Cobe that delves into menu development and food and drink trends through lively conversations with chefs and operators.

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Restaurant Rewind

"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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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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Why breakfast is the key to Burger King's future

The Bottom Line: The burger chain’s unit volumes have lagged its competitors. One reason has been a morning daypart that hasn’t quite lived up to expectations. Can the brand’s new management fix it?

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Operations

Restaurant Daniel and the industry family tree that keeps growing

After 30 years, chef and founder Daniel Boulud's Dinex Group continues to branch out, in both New York and soon Los Angeles.

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Technology

Lawsuit claims Olo execs embellished restaurant count, then sold shares

CEO Noah Glass and CFO Peter Benevides, along with nine board members, are accused of misleading investors about Olo’s customer count and its deal with Subway.

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Top 500 Chains

Killer in the kitchen: Restaurants face an evolving epidemic of addiction

The Impact of the $15 Wage

Untangling the Supply Chain

Same-Store Sales Tracker

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Why breakfast is the key to Burger King's future

Food

Benefits of Automation and Digital Offerings in Restaurant Spaces

In restaurants, one persisting issue operators are facing is labor. Hiring and retaining staff have been challenges in recent years, and labor costs are on the rise as well. Additionally, an increased...

Beverage

Beer sales flat? These bars know how to pump them up

A combination of target marketing and tech enhancements can spur craft beer sales for operators.

Financing

A lawsuit accuses Oath Pizza's CEO of selling the company to himself over objections

Investor James Alpi accuses Andrew Kellogg of buying off the struggling fast-casual pizza chain’s assets for $10,000, plus a 10-year note, despite receiving at least one offer for $1 million.

Food

Burger King's breakfast menu is smokin'

The fast-food chain is expanding its morning menu with a test of the new Smoky Maple Chicken Biscuit in two markets.

Workforce

Restaurants are about to draw more fire as employers

Working Lunch: The violation of child-labor laws by a few bad actors are tarnishing the whole business' image as a place to work. And the volume is about to go way up.

Workforce

CDC traces 40% of foodborne-illness outbreaks to infected workers

The finding is likely to foster efforts to mandate paid sick leave.

Reset and recovery

Reset and Recovery: How Top 100 independents fared during the pandemic

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Burger King's breakfast menu is smokin'

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Lawsuit claims Olo execs embellished restaurant count, then sold shares