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Restaurant menu prices keep growing, even as grocery inflation has stopped

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 11, 2024

Prices for food away from home have increased at a rate faster than prices for food at home for more than a year. That trend continued last month.

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Emerging Brands

How Mr. Pickle's is playing the value game with sandwich sizes

By Lisa Jennings on Sep. 06, 2024

The California-born chain known for Dutch Crunch rolls is borrowing a page from Goldilocks and rolling out a mid-sized sandwich that gives guests a more-profitable reason to visit.

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How Angie's Food Concepts aims to become the Walmart of restaurants

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 27, 2024

Fast food has an affordability problem and Tony Christofellis, who co-founded the Salad and Go chain, believes he knows how to fix it.

Technology

Tech startup Juicer ends dynamic pricing product

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 27, 2024

The company said demand for its technology took a hit after Wendy’s “surge pricing” backlash earlier this year. It is shifting its focus to pricing intelligence.

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Technology

Dynamic pricing is a case of right place, wrong time

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 27, 2024

Tech Check: Consumers are too on edge right now for restaurants to mess with pricing. It’s a shame, because the industry could use the boost.

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Inflation-weary consumers are trading down, up and over to Cava

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 22, 2024

For the second quarter, the Mediterranean chain reported industry-busting traffic growth of 9.5%. Why? It's perceived as a good value.

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Technology

Politicians are accusing grocers of price gouging. Will restaurants be the next targets?

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 16, 2024

Reality Check: Supermarkets are suspected of exploiting tech to boost prices. You know, like the capabilities that are as common as napkins in the restaurant business.

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