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Most customers think restaurants are getting expensive

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 04, 2024

The Bottom Line: A pair of studies by Revenue Management Solutions provide a sobering look at the views of consumers on restaurant prices and their dining habits.

Financing

Arizona-based Wildflower acquired by Japan-based restaurant conglomerate for $28.2M

 By Lisa Jennings on Sep. 04, 2024

It's the second U.S. restaurant brand buy for Tokyo-based Create Restaurants Holdings, which also bought Il Fornaio in 2019.

Financing

Value and cups appear to be helping McDonald's regain customers

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 04, 2024

Surveys and traffic data suggest that the Chicago-based fast-food chain has improved its results in recent weeks, thanks to a value meal and Collectors’ Cups.

Workforce

Want happy restaurant employees? How's a relocation to Sweden sound?

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 04, 2024

Reality Check: New research shows how far the U.S. industry still has to go in improving its image—and what a difference an upgrade could make when it comes to retention.

Technology

Consumers have mixed feelings about AI in restaurants

By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 04, 2024

Not everyone is convinced the technology is necessary, and many give it little margin for error, according to a new survey.

Financing

Struggling Topgolf to be spun off

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 04, 2024

Topgolf Callaway Brands said it plans to separate into two companies just four years after it acquired the eatertainment chain.

Leadership

Ed Nelson is retiring as Whataburger CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 03, 2024

COO Debbie Stroud will take over for the longtime executive at the end of the year when Nelson will end a 20-year career with the San Antonio, Texas-based fast-food chain.

Financing

Why it's so hard to revitalize a bankrupt restaurant chain

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 03, 2024

The Bottom Line: A host of investment companies have been snapping up restaurant companies at bargain prices. Getting them back into growth mode is the hard part.

Operations

Major seafood supplier pleads guilty to selling junk fish as primo species

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 03, 2024

Government Watch: The Department of Justice said Quality Poultry and Seafood pulled the con for 17 years.

Food

Turkish food, chicken curry and Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Tin Building

By Bret Thorn on Sep. 03, 2024

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret chat about their latest food and drink discoveries and share an interview with William Dissen of The Market Place in Asheville, North Carolina.

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