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Performance Food Group to buy Core-Mark

 By Jonathan Maze on May 18, 2021

The distributor is acquiring the convenience store distribution company as it looks to broaden its business.

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Black Box Intelligence buys MillerPulse

 By Jonathan Maze on May 18, 2021

The deal will combine two of the biggest indexes covering the restaurant space, adding 50,000 restaurant units to the Black Box Index.

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Delight Restaurant Group buys 44 Wendy’s locations from the company

By Jonathan Maze on May 18, 2021

The operator has also agreed to build new restaurants and remodel several others. It’s the franchisee’s second acquisition this year.

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Roark Capital buys Nothing Bundt Cakes

By Jonathan Maze on May 14, 2021

The private equity firm acquired the 390-unit bakery chain from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.

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These restaurant chains could all go public soon

By Jonathan Maze on May 14, 2021

Sweetgreen is the latest chain reportedly considering an initial public offering. Dutch Bros and Torchy’s are both considering a similar move and Krispy Kreme has already filed, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Starboard Value takes some equity out of its Papa John’s investment

By Jonathan Maze on May 12, 2021

The investment fund, which bought $250 million in preferred shares two years ago, is selling some of them back for $184 million, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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As restaurant stocks soar, IPOs become an option again

By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2021

Shares in restaurant chains have taken off this year as sales recover across the board, and going public suddenly becomes an option again, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Krispy Kreme is planning an IPO

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2021

The doughnut chain, which was taken private in 2016, has confidentially filed with federal regulators for an initial public offering.

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Dutch Bros Coffee is reportedly considering an IPO

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2021

The company, backed by the private equity group TSG Consumer Partners, called a Bloomberg report of a potential offering this year “pure speculation.”

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The long, sad decline of a buffet behemoth

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 23, 2021

The owner of Old Country Buffet merged with Ryan’s in 2006. The company’s bankruptcy-laden history in the years since is a lesson in the dangers of debt and the persistence of zombie chains, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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