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Panera apparently wants to go it alone again

 By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 22, 2024

The Bottom Line: The bakery/café chain is reportedly planning to sell Caribou and Einstein Bros. restaurant concepts three years after forming Panera Brands.

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With Chuy's deal, Olive Garden's owner sees a chance to get broader and younger

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jul. 18, 2024

The challenge for Darden Restaurants will be turning the regional full-service Mexican chain into a bigger player.

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Tender Greens parent One Table Restaurant Brands files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 18, 2024

The operator of Tender Greens and Tocaya is seeking a buyer, but there are no plans to close any of the 39 restaurants between the two fast-casual brands. It is one of a number of recent restaurant bankruptcies.

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Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants is buying Chuy's for $605M

By Joe Guszkowski on Jul. 17, 2024

It will be the second acquisition for Darden in as many years and brings Mexican cuisine to its portfolio for the first time.

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Here's what we know about the new owner of MOD Pizza

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 15, 2024

Elite Restaurant Group has been an active buyer over the years. But what are MOD's sister brands within the group's portfolio now?

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A founding partner of KFC Japan exits the business after 54 years

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 11, 2024

The private-equity group Carlyle has taken the Japanese market for the fast-food chicken chain private in an $835 million deal. Mitsubishi Corp., which helped establish the brand there in 1970, is exiting.

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MOD Pizza acquired by Elite Restaurant Group

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 10, 2024

In a deal that aims to avoid bankruptcy, the Bellevue, Washington-based fast-casual pizza chain has agreed to sell 100% of its equity to a Southern California-based group that has owned brands like Slater's 50/50, Project Pie and Patxi's Pizza.

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The restaurant M&A market was tough, and then came the bankruptcies

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 10, 2024

The market for restaurant mergers and acquisitions has been slow for more than two years. But that market is bifurcated, as good deals get done and opportunistic buyers snap up low-priced chains.

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Why platform companies are buying so many small chains

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 10, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Kelly Roddy, CEO of Saladworks owner Woworks, joins the podcast to talk about mergers and acquisitions and the advantages of platform companies.

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Popeyes' parent is buying the brand's China operation

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 01, 2024

Restaurant Brands International is also making a big investment in Tims China, which operates Tim Hortons in the fast-growing country.

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