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Financing

Olive Garden parent reels off positive comps, a host of surprises

Six of Darden Restaurants' seven multiunit brands posted positive comps for Q3. The how's and why's provided some surprises.

Financing

Investors get a big appetite for Noodles & Co.

The fast-casual chain’s stock is making a comeback this year, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Here are seven data points to show that the industry is bigger and stronger than it was a decade ago.

The chain tests a new payment system to fend off competition.

But Sardar Biglari, CEO of Biglari Holdings, didn't get a crucial incentive for his investment work.

The sector closed more units than it opened last year, according to Technomic, after a decade of weak sales.

The burger and kebab chain gets an initial funding round and a new company president in Jayson Tipp.

The industry appears to be outperforming the stock market, but not fast-food chains, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Eatertainment chains like Chuck E. Cheese's were all the rage, until suddenly they weren’t, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

The Brazilian steakhouse chain was sold to the private-equity group over a proposed merger from another public company.

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