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By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 15, 2022

Unlike sister concept Applebee's, the pancake chain looked outside the organization for help developing Thrilled Cheese and Super Mega Dilla.

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How Pizza Ranch learned to live with the buffet, and then without it

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 15, 2022

The pizza and chicken buffet concept has recovered from the pandemic, but not just because it focused more on takeout and installed drive-thru windows. Some credit goes to video games.

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Sardar Biglari makes more changes to his incentive agreement

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 15, 2022

The Bottom Line: Biglari Holdings, the owner of Steak n Shake, defends a services agreement with its chairman’s investment fund and commits to making up prior investment losses.

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Fast food menu price inflation appears to peak

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 14, 2022

The Bottom Line: Prices have slowed in recent months. Are operators getting religion on prices or is it a sign of a consumer pushback?

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As drive-thru sales surge, so do conflicts with neighbors

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 08, 2022

A Chick-fil-A in Santa Barbara is in danger of being declared a public nuisance because of backups. But that is not the only such conflict. Here’s what restaurants are doing to ease these problems.

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McDonald’s and Subway close units and increase sales

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 08, 2022

The Bottom Line: Two of the three biggest chains combined closed more than 1,400 restaurants last year. But their individual locations make more money.

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