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Food

Salt & Straw and Taco Bell launch the Tacolate, an ice cream taco 10 years in the making

 By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 19, 2025

Behind the Menu: Robots eventually led Tyler Malek, Salt & Straw’s co-founder, to fulfill his dream of creating a new and improved Choco Taco.

Financing

Wall Street doesn’t like restaurants, so restaurants leave Wall Street

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 19, 2025

The Bottom Line: Another company is sold in Topgolf and another is on the market in MTY Food Group. The reason is simple: Sales are challenging, and public investors are losing faith.

Technology

What restaurants should talk about when they talk about AI

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 17, 2025

Tech Check: The industry is continuing its rapid adoption of AI despite considerable consumer uncertainty about the technology. How can restaurants show that they’re using it responsibly?

Financing

Restaurant chains are thriving outside the U.S.

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 17, 2025

The Bottom Line: This week’s edition of the restaurant finance newsletter looks at the outperformance of restaurant chains outside the U.S.

Financing

How much has the union dispute affected Starbucks' sales?

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 14, 2025

The Bottom Line: The coffee-shop giant says that it generated record results on its holiday launch and then on its annual Red Cup Day, despite a strike by its union and calls for a boycott.

Emerging Brands

7th Street Burger keeps it simple and affordable

By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 14, 2025

This New York City-based smashburger concept is expecting to go from 26 to 100 units in the next two years, all company owned. Now the founders are growing a second brand.

Technology

Why so many restaurant chains are revamping their loyalty programs

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 14, 2025

The industry is in the midst of a great rewards overhaul. Here’s what’s behind it, and why change might just be the new normal for loyalty.

Financing

The finances of younger consumers have taken a nosedive this year

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 13, 2025

The Bottom Line: Unemployment among younger Americans has soared, as have student loan delinquency rates, while average rent keeps going up. No wonder restaurant traffic is awful.

Financing

Restaurant franchisors should put the brakes on share buybacks

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 12, 2025

The Bottom Line: Publicly traded companies often spend their extra cash to buy back shares. But franchisors of struggling chains might be better off investing that cash in the restaurants.

Financing

Key takeaways from the recent round of restaurant company earnings

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 11, 2025

The Bottom Line: Full-service restaurant chains are winning, slightly, in a weak overall market. Brands are rethinking unit count, focusing on service and pushing a lot of value.

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