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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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Financing

Culver's keeps grabbing market share

The Bottom Line: This week’s edition of the restaurant finance newsletter looks at the steady strength of Culver’s, and why the biggest chains should be concerned.

Marketing

Drops become restaurant chains' new loyalty program incentive

Marketing Bites: Taco Bell perfected the feature with its Taco Tuesday Drops, and several other brands have since added their own version, offering everything from merch to free food.

Financing

The casual-dining comeback starts at the top

Sit-down restaurant chains showed signs of life last year. But much of the growth came from just a few brands, primarily Chili’s.

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New research from Technomic unpacks the ‘new realities’ shaping industry trends amid a tough macroenvironment.

Sit-down restaurant chains showed signs of life last year. But much of the growth came from just a few brands, primarily Chili’s.

Taste Tracker: Carvel, Starbucks, Smoothie King, Kura Sushi, Gott’s Roadside, TGI Fridays, Taco Bell, Carl’s Jr., Original Chop Shop and more headline restaurant menu news and trends.

The new recipe, recently introduced to the menu, already accounts for 25% of fish and chips orders. The beer is selling well, too.

Family-dining chains that serve only breakfast and lunch are soaring, while those covering all three dayparts have stumbled, according to Technomic Top 500 data.

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast looks at the unprecedented win over the banking and credit card lobby in Colorado, though the legislation awaits the governor's signature.