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The fast-food business ended 2024 on a high note, sort of

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 13, 2025

Traffic at quick-service restaurants increased last quarter, according to Revenue Management Solutions, but it declined again in December.

Financing

Soaring demand for weight-loss drugs could change food spending

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 03, 2025

Study finds GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic could result in cuts to grocery spending and reductions in spending at fast-food restaurants during breakfast and dinner.

Financing

So much for unrelenting demand for restaurant experiences

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 02, 2025

The Bottom Line: After thriving coming out of the pandemic, fine-dining restaurants and so-called eatertainment chains have seen big sales pullback. Is it inflation or something else?

Financing

North Carolina's Supreme Court rules insurers are liable for restaurants' COVID losses

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 16, 2024

The decision undermines insurers' argument that coverage applies only in instances where a business suffers physical damage.

Financing

Here's how much the E. coli incident hurt McDonald's traffic

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 25, 2024

The fast-food giant was generating traffic and sales growth until the outbreak hit in October. Data from Placer.ai shows just how bad it’s been for the company and its operators.

Financing

Consumers keep spending at restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 15, 2024

The Bottom Line: Sales growth at restaurants and bars easily outdistanced grocery sales and their own prices in October, despite all kinds of concerns about inflation.

Financing

Bombshells breastaurant chain shuts units

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 06, 2024

Two have been closed and one is being sold, trimming the full-service sports bar chain to 11 units, all in Texas.

Financing

What to make of a weird year in the restaurant business

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 23, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Kenny Kraft and Tyler Martinez from Houlihan Lokey join the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about the state of the restaurant industry.

Financing

Restaurant sales accelerated last month

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 17, 2024

Sales at restaurants and bars increased 1% in September, according to new federal retail sales data. And they’ve been outpacing other industries all year despite consumer concern about menu prices.

Financing

The value wars don’t appear to be making a dent in restaurant traffic

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 16, 2024

Data from Black Box Intelligence and others suggest consumers are ordering restaurant budget deals. But the focus on value doesn’t appear to be generating more customer counts, at least broadly.

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