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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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Can AI help bring down delivery costs? Not just yet

Tech Check: There’s hope that chatbots could help restaurants cut out third-party middlemen. Right now, they seem to be doing the opposite.

Financing

How will high gas prices affect restaurants?

The Bottom Line: Oil prices have soared and gas prices are following, which could affect restaurant sales at an otherwise sensitive time. But other issues may be more concerning.

Financing

Stop talking about price, start talking about food

The Bottom Line: Want to win customers over the long term? Focus on your food. A lot of restaurant chains are just now figuring that out.

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Employers, including restaurants, cut jobs last month. Oil prices are soaring and gas prices are going with them, potentially adding another challenge for operators during a sensitive period for the industry.

The menu rollout is part of the fast-casual bakery-cafe chain's "Ignite the Joy" transformation plan, which CEO John Dillon said is showing traction in growing sales and traffic.

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the McDonald’s-Burger King rivalry, the coffee market and what’s wrong with Sweetgreen.

The struggling Mexican fast-food chain, which was sold to Yadav Enterprises last year, is returning some dishes and undoing recent changes made to key menu items.

Parent company Block just shrunk its workforce by 40%, saying it plans to do more with AI. That has created uncertainty, and some unease, for restaurants that use Square POS.

The Bottom Line: The fast-growing Chinese chain, known for its low prices, is reportedly acquiring the higher-end brand Blue Bottle Coffee from Nestle for $400 million.