casual_dining

Leadership

BJ's Restaurants promotes President Lyle Tick to CEO

The former Buffalo Wild Wings president joined BJ’s in September and has helped lead a turnaround effort at the casual-dining brand.

Financing

Hooters closes about 30 more locations following bankruptcy

The closures leave the casual-dining breastaurant chain with about 200 U.S. locations as it prepares for a sale to a pair of franchisees.

After years of trying to be everything to everyone, the casual-dining chain is narrowing its focus to a handful of core menu items in hopes of standing out in a crowded market.

The Week in Restaurants: The restaurant news discussion podcast this week features a discussion on the summertime value wars and &pizza’s price cuts; a look at Bubba’s 33 and why McDonald’s is shuttering CosMc’s.

The casual-dining seafood chain is also offering a selection of meals under $20 as it looks to reintroduce itself to customers following last year’s bankruptcy filing.

The Bottom Line: The casual-dining restaurant chain's stock had lost more than 40% of its value this year as its CEO left. And then the company reported surprise profitability.

The year produced two big winners in Texas Roadhouse and Chili’s, and a lot of soul-searching for pretty much everyone else.

The 52-unit sports bar chain is applying the Roadhouse playbook to burgers and pizza. It has ambitions to become a major player in casual dining.

The closures of underperforming stores leave the Caribbean-inspired casual-dining chain with about 30 locations. Darden also closed a few locations in its Seasons 52 and Eddie V’s concepts.

Boerema replaces Joe Hummel as chief of casual-dining company Twin Hospitality Group, which went public earlier this year.

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