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Krispy Kreme is hoping for a duller 2026

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 14, 2026

The doughnut chain had a brutal 2025 with the collapse of its McDonald’s partnership and the shift in focus to cutting costs and paying down debt. The company is planning on a calmer, and better, 2026.

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Fat Brands' debt negotiations could take a while

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 13, 2026

The CEO of the owner of Round Table Pizza and Fazoli’s called the process for renegotiating its debt “painful and slow” and that he is trying to resolve it “out of court.”

Marketing

Taco Bell is doubling down on value

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 13, 2026

The Mexican fast-food chain is introducing a Luxe Value Menu featuring 10 items priced at $3 or less following a successful test last year.

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Lessons in investing from David Rubenstein

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 13, 2026

The Bottom Line: The cofounder of The Carlyle Group, an active investor in the restaurant space, revealed the private-equity firm’s return on its McDonald’s China investment and dished out wisdom.

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Struggling Fat Brands gets 3 delisting notices

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 12, 2026

The restaurant franchise operator, which is in danger of bankruptcy, faces a delisting of its stock over its low price and market valuation.

Financing

The problem with salads

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 09, 2026

The Bottom Line: Salad and Go and Sweetgreen are two different restaurant chains. But their respective challenges speak to the same problem: There is only so much demand for salad.

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Why Salad and Go is closing restaurants

By Jonathan Maze and Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 09, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at Salad and Go, Fat Brands and protein.

Marketing

For consumers, taste trumps price when it comes to value

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 08, 2026

Restaurant customers refuse to skimp on flavor at a lower price and will go somewhere else if they feel quality is declining, according to a new consumer survey from Alvarez & Marsal.

Technology

Presto raises $10M to fuel its AI drive-thru system

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 08, 2026

The technology company now works with 12 restaurant brands and wants to establish itself as the clear market leader this year, said co-founder Krishna Gupta.

Financing

Fat Brands executives, including two sons of the CEO, get big raises and retention bonuses

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 07, 2026

CFO Kenneth Kuick, along with Thayer and Taylor Wiederhorn, have each received retention bonuses to remain with the company in case it files for bankruptcy. They also received $400,000 raises.

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