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Fat Brands lenders want Andy Wiederhorn suspended

 By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 06, 2026

A group of the fast-food operator’s bondholders want the company’s CEO suspended after a stock sale involving Twin Peaks. They also questioned the executive’s control over the company.

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Inside the Starbucks turnaround

 By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 06, 2026

The coffee shop giant has spent the past 18 months returning to its roots as a coffee shop where customers want to stay. Now the company plans to go on offense.

Technology

Why a Dunkin' franchisee is using AI to count its doughnuts

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 06, 2026

Tennessee-based Bluemont Group was throwing away millions of dollars' worth of unsold doughnuts a year. Enter Do’Cast, an AI camera system that is helping it match supply with demand.

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Despite a tough market, Taco Bell is running on all cylinders

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 04, 2026

The fast-food Mexican chain reported 7% same-store sales growth last year. The key metric has declined just one quarter over the past decade.

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Pizza Hut is closing 250 U.S. restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 04, 2026

Parent company Yum Brands is still conducting a strategic review of its struggling fast-food pizza chain but plans investments in marketing early this year as part of an agreement with franchisees.

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McDonald's has a $73B impact on the U.S. economy

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 03, 2026

The fast-food giant also supports 1 million jobs, including 740,000 people who work in the chain's restaurants, according to a study the company commissioned by Oxford Economics.

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Burger King completes the sale of a majority stake in its China business

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 03, 2026

Parent company Restaurant Brands International has sold an 83% stake in Burger King China to CPE for $350 million, more than double what the fast-food operator paid for the business last year.

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A 43-location Subway franchisee has filed for bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 02, 2026

MTF Enterprises, which operates locations in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine and Virginia, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a merchant cash advance lender put a lien on its sales revenue.

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Bankrupt Fat Brands' stock gets delisted and takes off anyway

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 30, 2026

The owner of Twin Peaks and Round Table Pizza won’t fight a delisting notice over its recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. And yet its stock rose 20%.

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Service improvements, and the Bearista cup, drove Starbucks sales last quarter

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 28, 2026

The coffee shop giant said its domestic same-store sales rose 4% in the period, its best performance in two years, as the holiday product launch and its new service model drove higher transactions.

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