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Lettuce Entertain You shares new initiatives, Eggs Up Grill makes menu moves, and the dish on pizza styles and Brooklyn food

 By Patricia Cobe and Bret Thorn on Apr. 30, 2024

Menu Talk: Pat and Bret dig into the latest food and drink trends and restaurant news.

Financing

Subway slowed its closures last year, but not by much

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 29, 2024

The sandwich giant closed more than 400 U.S. restaurants last year, continuing a long string of net closures. It also generated a lot more revenue from suppliers in 2023.

Marketing

NYC asks for input on a new menu-labeling requirement

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 29, 2024

Items with high sugar content will need to be flagged, but only if they're exactly what's available in packaged retail form. The targets are beverages.

Marketing

Meet the restaurant industry's new government adversary

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 29, 2024

Reality Check: The FTC wants the business to change several longstanding operating conventions. Has it heard why that's a bad idea?

Financing

Why are so many restaurant chains filing for bankruptcy?

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 29, 2024

The Bottom Line: A combination of rising costs and weakening sales, and more expensive debt, has caused real problems for restaurant chains. But the industry is also really difficult.

Consumer Trends

Stoners are big fans of DoorDash and Little Caesars, data shows

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 29, 2024

Cannabis users are far more likely to order delivery and fast food than those who don’t indulge, survey results from Numerator show.

Food

Qdoba, Bob Evans and Taco Bell ready their menus for May

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 29, 2024

Taste Tracker: Lucille’s Smokehouse cooks up BBQ feasts; baked falafel comes to Taziki’s; borracho beans return to Fuzzy’s; Panera celebrates Derby Day and Jimmy John’s has a gift for moms.

Food

Chili's takes shot at the Big Mac with new Big Smasher burger

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 29, 2024

The burger mirrors McDonald’s signature sandwich in almost every way and continues Chili’s efforts to steal share from fast-food chains.

Financing

A lot more people ordered Domino's Pizza last quarter

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 29, 2024

The pizza chain saw transaction growth in both delivery and carryout and from all groups, as the company’s loyalty program and value take hold.

Operations

What went wrong at restaurant-retail hybrids Foxtrot and Dom’s?

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 29, 2024

Retail Watch: It appears, at least in part, that the value equation didn’t add up for inflation-weary consumers. Plus: C-store stalwart Krispy Krunchy Chicken has big growth plans.

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