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How Heather Neary is bringing Taco John's into the future

A Deeper Dive: On this week’s episode of the restaurant finance podcast, the CEO of the fast-food Mexican chain talks about technology, franchising and menu innovation.

Financing

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The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mexican chain remains a shockingly good value and its first-quarter sales slowdown was not out of the ordinary.

Behind the Menu: Starting with its new Fiesta sauce and maximizing what’s already stocked in the pantry, the Mexican fast-food chain is driving flavor throughout its platform.

Despite consumer weakness that is hitting just about every other U.S. fast-food brand right now, the Mexican chain continued to thrive last quarter. And it has big plans for more.

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box’s planned sale of Del Taco highlights the sector’s complexity. Consumers are eating more Mexican. But they’re avoiding fast-food Mexican restaurants. Unless it’s Taco Bell.

The Mexican fast-food chain has historically been slower to expand outside the U.S. as its offerings were less familiar elsewhere. But the company believes it finally has the right strategy to become a global growth engine.

The fast-food giant won legions of adoring fans thanks to a constant stream of new menu items that few other restaurant chains can do. And now it plans to increase that pace.

The Mexican fast-food chain’s same-store sales are expected to grow 8% in the first quarter, despite poor weather and a difficult restaurant operating environment.

The Mexican fast-food chain gives its signature Cantina Chicken a shot of heat with red jalapeño sauce, launching on the menu Thursday.

Restaurant Rewind: The Mexican pioneer is promising to return in a more contemporary version. A look back at its heyday suggests that’ll be a challenging transformation.

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