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Leadership

Finding handcuffs, new CEO of Genghis Grill's parent aims to free his team

 By Peter Romeo on Sep. 22, 2021

Jimmy John's vet Gregg Majewski intends to bulldoze what's been holding back the industry's largest collection of stir-fry concepts for decades.

Workforce

How Cracker Barrel plans to shake the staffing slump

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 21, 2021

Labor challenges contributed to a difficult summer at the chain, but it has a few reasons to feel optimistic.

Leadership

Dave & Buster’s CEO Brian Jenkins to retire

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 21, 2021

Jenkins, who helmed the eatertainment brand through the depths of the pandemic to a record-setting quarter, will stay on as an advisor with the chain until the end of November.

Emerging Brands

Texas Roadhouse to speed growth of Jaggers brand with franchise deal

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 20, 2021

It has partnered with the Dallas-based Saxton Group to open 10 locations of the fast casual in Texas and Oklahoma.

Emerging Brands

How Sam Fox went from college dropout to one of the country’s most successful restaurateurs

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 09, 2021

In the nearly 30 years since opening his first restaurant, Fox has become a concept developer whose ideas regularly get scooped up by big-time investors and chains.

Financing

Breakfast-and-lunch chain First Watch is going public

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 07, 2021

The 423-unit chain has seen a quick recovery from the pandemic and would be the industry’s third offering of 2021.

Financing

Chili's parent buys 23 units from a longtime franchisee

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 02, 2021

Brinker International, which is buying up franchised units, did not reveal how much it paid Chesapeake Foods for the Mid-Atlantic region restaurants.

Financing

Casual dining silences its doubters with head-turning July results

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 03, 2021

The recent flurry of earnings reports shows a sector enjoying a clear boom. The question is, will it last?

Operations

BJ's Restaurants feels the pinch of lost draft sales

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 30, 2021

The casual chain reserved $1.8 million from its second-quarter earnings to cover the cost of throwing away unsold suds.

Topics

What cost pressures? Outback's parent sees significant Q2 margin growth

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 30, 2021

Bloomin' Brands posted an average rise in restaurant-level operating profits of five percentage points.

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