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This week’s 6 head-spinning moments: Sales therapies

 By Peter Romeo on May 12, 2017

Cheesecake Factory says it has a second fast-casual venture in the works, Dunkin' convenes a workforce Woodstock, Noodles clears the table and McDonald's touts its merits as a first job.

Marketing

Papa John's finds no allies in NFL attack

 By Peter Romeo on Nov. 07, 2017

Competitors say they've not felt the football fallout Papa John's cites as the main reason for a sales slowdown.

Operations

5 big ideas from the NRA Show

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2017

The restaurant industry's annual gathering yielded some unconventional approaches to common problems, from sky-high delivery fees to lowering labor costs.

Financing

Noodles posts $8.3M loss for Q3

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 09, 2017

The deficit marks an improvement from the year-ago quarter, when the fast-casual operation lost $9.8 million.

Financing

6 ways to avoid getting screwed on leases

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 02, 2017

With competition pushing up rents, a group of Washington, D.C., restaurateurs gathered to compare best practices. Here's a download.

Operations

How the final tax bill affects restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 19, 2017

The package likely to be passed into law by week's end will extend a number of benefits to the restaurant industry, including a strong incentive to invest in expansion.

Financing

2017 Top 500: Lessons from the list shifters

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jun. 08, 2017

Operators can learn from those chains that jumped in the ranks, as well as from those that plummeted.

Workforce

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Delicious details

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 09, 2018

The week's big announcements, from completion of the Arby's-BWW merger to the newest wrinkles in Chipotle's turnaround plan, sometimes overshadowed small revelations with big implications. Here are a few of those tidbits you likely missed.

Financing

2017 Top 500: Full-service chains

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jun. 12, 2017

The decline of full-service chains is palpable. Three of the major casual-dining players—TGI Fridays, Applebee’s and Chili’s—were all down more than 2% in sales.

Financing

Papa John's splits with the NFL

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2018

The chain ends its sponsorship after weak ratings are blamed for poor sales.

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