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Financing

Activist investors take a stake in Denny's

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 16, 2025

JCP Investment and Jumana Capital have taken a 9% stake in the diner chain with plans to work with leadership on boosting its share price.

Marketing

IHOP doubles down on value with new menu

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 15, 2025

The pancake chain is changing the name of House Faves to the IHOP Value Menu and extending it to weekends as the battle over value intensifies.

Food

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill adds a breakfast vibe to brunch

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 10, 2025

Behind the Menu: The casual-dining chain is opening earlier on weekends and offering new value-driven breakfast classics along with its brunch signatures to lure the morning crowd.

Technology

Waffle House is offering delivery for the first time

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 08, 2025

The Southern breakfast chain is partnering with DoorDash to fulfill deliveries. Waffle House had been one of the few large restaurant brands not to offer the service.

Emerging Brands

At Tacodeli, slow and steady growth is working

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 27, 2025

This 26-year-old Austin-based fast-casual chain is about to hit 15 units. Its founder sees plenty of room for tacos in Texas, where love for a salsa known as "the Doña" runs deep.

Financing

IHOP to extend House Faves value meals to 7 days a week

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 08, 2025

The $6 combos have been driving traffic for the pancake chain, so it will start offering them on weekends, while also encouraging customers to order more expensive items.

Breakfast

What consumers want from restaurants at breakfast

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 25, 2025

Operators can boost traffic and sales by addressing customers’ morning meal priorities, finds Technomic’s Breakfast Consumer Trend Report.

Breakfast

Breakfast menus strive to balance innovation and indulgence with value

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 24, 2025

Morning menu development is accelerating in both sit-down and quick-service restaurants, with the beverage side getting as much attention as the food.

Breakfast

Low-cost, high-margin waffles are hitting the sweet spot on menus

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 09, 2025

Adaptable to breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and a wealth of toppings, waffles are the ultimate multi-tasker, winning over both consumers and operators.

Financing

Waffle House lifts 50-cent egg surcharge as prices fall

By Joe Guszkowski on Jul. 02, 2025

The full-service breakfast chain added the per-egg fee in February to help combat record egg prices.

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