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Third-party delivery is hurting restaurant economics

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Bojangles continues to lean into snacking with launch of Bo's Chicken Rippers

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Jersey Mike's had another strong year in 2025

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Crumbl's unit volumes declined last year

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A Farmer Boys franchisee declares bankruptcy and blames cash advance financing

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Crumbl's unit volumes declined last year

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Ex-Starbucks staffers launch an AI analyst you can email

Tech Check: Quantiiv’s first product is ROGER, a bot designed to help restaurants make data-driven decisions. For one customer, “he’s literally replaced having a data analyst.”

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Third-party delivery is hurting restaurant economics

The Bottom Line: The services are growing dominant, giving them considerable power in negotiations. And traffic-hungry brands have little choice but to do the deals. But they create enormous problems.

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Higher gas prices have a casualty

The Bottom Line: This week’s edition of the restaurant finance newsletter looks at the impact of rising gas prices, and why that’s behind the delayed 7-Eleven IPO.

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A Farmer Boys franchisee declares bankruptcy and blames cash advance financing

Geddo Corp., which operates 12 locations of the fast-casual burger chain in California and Arizona, ran into problems when it took out merchant cash advances.

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Another franchisee files for bankruptcy

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the bankruptcy of a Carl’s Jr. franchisee, gas prices, Chick-fil-A and Michelin stars.

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Kichi Kichi chef famous for Omurice Dance to tour U.S. with pop-up events

Japan's Motokichi Yukimura has a viral following at his restaurant in Kyoto. He sings, dances and demonstrates a snazzy omelet presentation.

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Franchisee lawsuit describes Roll Em Up Taquitos as a Ponzi scheme

A group of current and former franchise operators allege fraud, saying the franchisor misrepresented the viability of the fast-casual business, leaving them stuck with hundreds of thousands in losses.

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Franchisees are showing more signs of financial stress

The Bottom Line: The bankruptcy filing by a big Carl’s Jr. operator is the latest in a quiet string of problems among major franchisees amid a brutal restaurant environment.

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Fat Brands employees will get some bonuses to stay through bankruptcy

A bankruptcy court approved $1.9 million worth of bonuses for 114 workers unassociated with the owners who were deemed necessary to keep through the sale process.