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Financing

Chipotle regains its status as a Wall Street darling

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 28, 2023

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mexican chain’s stock is over $2,000 per share as investors put money back into restaurants in 2023.

Leadership

Peeling back the mystery of Cracker Barrel CEO Sandy Cochran

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 27, 2023

The long-serving family dining chain leader has kept her head down and her sights forward, despite the distractions of a 10-year takeover attempt and setbacks in the search for a fresh growth opportunity.

Technology

AI's big leap raises deep questions for restaurants

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 26, 2023

Attendees of the Project Voice conference in Tennessee this week seemed both excited and anxious about the rapid development of things like voicebots and ChatGPT.

Food

Starbird's latest LTO flavors the menu with Chinese-American accents

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 25, 2023

Behind the Menu: Orange Chicken works across every menu category—tenders, wings, salads and sandwiches—a goal of the fast casual’s R&D.

Financing

At McDonald's, a strong quarter marked by caution

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 25, 2023

The Bottom Line: The fast-food burger giant appears to be hitting on all cylinders. But it warned about the operating environment and remains convinced that a recession is in the offing.

Technology

The case for keeping some friction in fast food

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 25, 2023

Tech Check: It's become conventional wisdom that consumers want less human interaction at QSRs. Real-life experience says otherwise.

Financing

Some of the pandemic's biggest winners came back to earth in 2022

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 24, 2023

The Bottom Line: Sonic, pizza delivery chains and bone-in chicken concepts—outside of Wingstop, that is—saw sales slow down last year. Here’s what happened.

Operations

The restaurant of tomorrow sounds a lot like yesterday's

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 20, 2023

Reality Check: With the pandemic fading, it may be back to the future for broad-market restaurant concepts. Just ask participants of a CEO's panel at the Restaurant Leadership Conference.

Financing

Subway is another example of poor succession planning

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 20, 2023

The Bottom Line: CEO John Chidsey admitted that company founder Fred DeLuca “whiffed” on a succession plan before his death in 2015, which led to years of stagnation.

Financing

Waiting for the second economic shoe to drop

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 19, 2023

The Bottom Line: After a year of brutal inflation, operators worry that consumers will change their spending. But data at the moment remains inconclusive.

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