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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.

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.

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.

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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AI is coming for chefs. They say, 'Bring it on'

Tech Check: A growing number of consumer devices claim to be able to replicate the work of a chef. Chefs aren't worried. In fact, they're interested.

Financing

Assessing the mixed track record of the owner of Panera Bread

The Bottom Line: JAB Holdings gobbled up several mostly breakfast and coffee chains from 2012 through 2017. A few of its acquisitions have performed well, but others have stagnated, including the biggest.

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3 unconventional ways of touting value

Reality Check: Discounting isn't the only way of offering a head-turning bargain. Here are some alternatives that operators as diverse as Disney and the CineMark theater chain are trying.

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The 575-unit Italian ice franchise received an investment from Maple Park Capital Partners, a newly formed investment firm targeting “experiential and consumer services businesses.”

It's still too early to get a sense of the number of properties and jobs lost. But industry advisors recommend taking steps now to prepare for a difficult recovery ahead.

Marketing Bites: Operators are appealing to resolution-makers with healthy LTOs, but marketers are also having some fun with the human tendency to ditch those resolutions before the calendar flips to February.

Across the country, operators are sharing their reasons for permanently closing and how hard it is to make it work.

Parent company Yum Brands terminated the franchisee, IS Gida, saying the operator failed to meet the company’s standards. The franchisee operated more than 500 restaurants in Turkey.

A Deeper Dive: CapitalSpring's Jim Balis joins the podcast to talk about why companies closed so many locations last year and when is the right time to cut bait on a struggling unit.