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The Week in Restaurants

What's happening in the restaurant industry this week, with a discussion on the week's biggest news and topics, along with technology trends and other issues. 

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Why Nothing Bundt Cakes is worth $2B

 By Jonathan Maze, Lisa Jennings and Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 27, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the sale of Nothing Bundt Cakes, Dutch Bros, Noodles & Company and a big Applebee’s franchisee bankruptcy.

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Why restaurants should watch out for fake news

 By Jonathan Maze and Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 20, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at fake news, Darden earnings and Andy Wiederhorn.

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McDonald's tests the limits of value pricing

By Joe Guszkowski and Lisa Jennings on Mar. 13, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at McDonald's latest value offer, trouble at Noma and Uber Eats' fee hikes.

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Why the social media burger wars are good for the industry

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 06, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the McDonald’s-Burger King rivalry, the coffee market and what’s wrong with Sweetgreen.

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Want more sales? Just add cheese

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 27, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast examines Applebee’s cheese-fueled sales growth, Burger King’s Whopper improvements and the pizza sector.

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Subway pulls back on its free sub offer

By Jonathan Maze and Lisa Jennings on Feb. 20, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast also features discussions on Wendy’s and Wingstop, along with the technology companies are buying and data from Technomic.

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Why Red Lobster may close more restaurants

By Jonathan Maze and Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 13, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at Red Lobster, McDonald’s earnings and the Fat Brands bankruptcy.

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How will Chipotle lift itself out of its sales slump?

By Jonathan Maze and Lisa Jennings on Feb. 06, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the fast-casual burrito chain’s tough year, Subway’s franchisee bankruptcy and Yum Brands.

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Chili's and Ruby Tuesday are headed in different directions

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 30, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast looks at Chili’s performance, Starbucks' strong earnings and the bankruptcy of Twin Peaks owner Fat Brands.

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On the bankruptcy of a big Popeyes franchisee

By Jonathan Maze and Lisa Jennings on Jan. 23, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the bankruptcy filing of Sailormen, sales improvement at burger chains and who could go public next.

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