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Delight Restaurant Group buys 65 Wendy's restaurants

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 02, 2024

The Virginia-based operator acquired the restaurants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, making it one of Wendy’s largest franchisees.

Marketing

Papa Johns just introduced a major new marketing platform

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 02, 2024

The pizza delivery chain is building on its “Better Ingredients, Better Pizza” with a new marketing slogan, “Better Get You Some," along with a campaign featuring Big Boi.

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Big Macs aren't McDonald's real inflation story. Instead, look to the Cheeseburger

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

While the focus on restaurant menu price inflation has centered on premium items like the Big Mac, it’s in the smaller items, with fewer deals available, where prices have increased most.

Leadership

Swig's CEO is leaving the company

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

No reason was given for the departure of Rian McCartan. Alex Dunn, managing partner of the beverage chain’s owner The Larry Miller Co., was named interim CEO.

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McDonald's adds doughnuts, and some uncertainty, to the menu

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 26, 2024

The Bottom Line: Krispy Kreme gets a massive win with its McDonald's doughnut deal. But the payoff is less certain, and a long way off, for the fast-food restaurant chain.

Marketing

McDonald's is taking its Krispy Kreme partnership national

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 26, 2024

The fast-food giant said it plans a phased rollout of Krispy Kreme doughnuts at its restaurants across the country by the end of 2026.

Food

Chick-fil-A walks back some of its antibiotic commitments, citing shortages

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 25, 2024

The chicken sandwich chain will serve chicken that hasn’t been treated with human antibiotics, saying it was necessary to maintain supplies for the company's restaurants.

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Restaurants lost customers and sales at the end of last year

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 22, 2024

Same-store sales at restaurants slowed markedly in the second half of 2023. But for all the concern about fast-food brands like McDonald's, it was casual-dining restaurants that had the biggest problem.

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Subway's move to Pepsi highlights a changing beverage market

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 21, 2024

The Bottom Line: The fast-food sandwich chain's new beverage contract is aimed at breathing life into its drink sales as consumers order fewer sodas with their subs at its restaurants.

Leadership

Taco John’s names Heather Neary CEO

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 20, 2024

Neary spent 15 years with Auntie Anne’s and most recently served as brand president at quick-service franchisee KBP Brands. She’s charged with ushering in a “new era of growth” at the Mexican fast-food chain.

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