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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.

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"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 Talk”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

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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.

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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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How much has the union dispute affected Starbucks' sales?

The Bottom Line: The coffee-shop giant says that it generated record results on its holiday launch and then on its annual Red Cup Day, despite a strike by its union and calls for a boycott.

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7th Street Burger keeps it simple and affordable

This New York City-based smashburger concept is expecting to go from 26 to 100 units in the next two years, all company owned. Now the founders are growing a second brand.

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The finances of younger consumers have taken a nosedive this year

The Bottom Line: Unemployment among younger Americans has soared, as have student loan delinquency rates, while average rent keeps going up. No wonder restaurant traffic is awful.

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Sales of beverages in restaurants are forecasted to grow into 2029, while convenience stores are seeing a decline, finds Technomic.

Speed, convenience and innovation are also core to competing successfully with beverages, but both concepts agree that they’re in a people-first business.

Passage of the legislation ends the long-running government shutdown. But it also could spell the end of a beverage category some view as a major potential growth driver.

The fast-casual wellness chain is growing in Florida, New York and Southern California as a high-end, all-day cafe.

The Bottom Line: Publicly traded companies often spend their extra cash to buy back shares. But franchisors of struggling chains might be better off investing that cash in the restaurants.

The 70-year-old fast-casual brand is opening a new prototype in Los Angeles designed to embrace nostalgia around its storied past.