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Giordano's is set to open new restaurants for the first time in years

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 24, 2025

After a string of closures, the Chicago deep-dish pizza chain is ready to expand again under new CEO Nick Scarpino. It's also adding a lighter style of pizza.

Operations

RATIONAL’s iCareSystem AutoDose helps you keep your oven clean without the extra effort

 Sponsored content from our partner RATIONAL on Jun. 23, 2025

Maintaining clean and hygienic equipment is one of the most important tasks in food service — and also one of the most despised.

Financing

How the owner of Krystal and Logan's Roadhouse makes it work

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 18, 2025

A Deeper Dive: Josh Kern, CEO of multi-brand operator SPB Hospitality, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk about the company’s brands and their futures.

Financing

A look at Din Tai Fung's eye-popping average unit volumes

By Joe Guszkowski and Lisa Jennings on Jun. 13, 2025

The Week in Restaurants: On this week’s restaurant news discussion podcast, we talk about Starbucks’ ongoing turnaround plans, a new format for Fuzzy’s, and the unbelievable AUVs at Din Tai Fung.

Emerging Brands

The new concept Ballers hopes to capture the cross-court consumer

By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 06, 2025

The latest food-and-games concept focuses on pickleball, padel and other racquet sports. With $30M raised by a powerful group of investors, it is scheduled to debut in Philadelphia next month.

Operations

BJ's Restaurants gets back to what it's great at

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 04, 2025

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.

Financing

Better restaurants yield better sales, or is it the other way around?

By Jonathan Maze on May 28, 2025

The Bottom Line: Data from Hardee’s franchise disclosure document reveals that restaurants with speedier drive-thrus and better online reviews generate stronger sales.

Technology

For the restaurant POS, signs of life after death

By Joe Guszkowski on May 27, 2025

Tech Check: The device that once ruled the counter is fading as more business shifts to off-premise. But it’s getting a second life that could be more vital than the first.

Operations

The RATIONAL iVario consolidates an entire kitchen into one tilt skillet

Sponsored content from our partner RATIONAL on May 23, 2025

There are ways to make kitchen easier and help reduce the natural chaos of service.

Financing

For more restaurant consumers, the car is the dining room

By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2025

A growing percentage of diners are eating their meals in their cars, thanks to social media and growing use of drive-thru and mobile order.

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