Financing
Captain D's sold to Sentinel Capital
The deal gives the seafood QSR chain its third private-equity owner in four years.
Financing
Are there too many Starbucks?
The company's weak traffic, despite massive spending on technology, is prompting saturation concerns.
Give entrepreneurs a trend and they'll try to exploit it. Present them with a groundswell like America's heightened interest in eating better, and you could incite a gold rush. Why, then, with weight loss emerging as a major and potentially permanent consumer anxiety, are there so few health-focused concepts in this year's newcomer roundup?