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Financing

Shake Shack encounters an unforgiving Wall Street

 By Jonathan Maze on May 08, 2026

The fast-casual burger chain has strategies in place that could make it a lot larger than its initial plans. But then the company ran into a first-quarter weather problem.

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Restaurant sales were all over the place last quarter

 By Jonathan Maze, Lisa Jennings and Joe Guszkowski on May 08, 2026

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast looks at earnings among fast-food, fast-casual and casual-dining chains.

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Texas Roadhouse sees some relief on beef prices

By Joe Guszkowski on May 08, 2026

The steakhouse chain said beef inflation will be a bit softer than expected this year, and its stock price surged.

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It's tougher to get a job at Dutch Bros than to get into Harvard

By Jonathan Maze on May 07, 2026

The drive-thru beverage chain received more than 780,000 applications for just 19,000 jobs last year. For the company, the demand demonstrates one of the most crucial attributes in its growth.

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McDonald's sticks to its guns on value, despite profit concerns

By Jonathan Maze on May 07, 2026

The fast-food giant reported another quarter of same-store sales growth, arguing that value is crucial even as company stores, and franchisees, show some profit concerns.

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Burger King proves that heavy discounts aren’t always necessary

By Jonathan Maze on May 07, 2026

The Bottom Line: The fast-food chain generated a strong first quarter, despite a tough environment, largely by focusing on its operations and its food.

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Noodles & Company's turnaround explained: They're running restaurants better

By Lisa Jennings on May 07, 2026

The fast-casual chain's same-store sales were up more than 9% in the first quarter. Closing bad units helped. But CEO Joe Christina said turnaround efforts really are working.

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Tom Curtis talked with 1,500 customers. The conversations should show up in Burger King restaurants for years

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2026

The fast-food chain has taken 64,000 calls and texts from customers about a variety of issues. The calls are providing crucial information on product innovation, operational improvements and even some broken signs.

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A look at the future of Chuck E. Cheese

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2026

A Deeper Dive: Scott Drake, CEO of the eatertainment chain’s parent company CEC Entertainment, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk about growth and evolution.

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Applebee's sues franchisee over Logan’s Roadhouse acquisition

By Joe Guszkowski on May 05, 2026

The casual-dining chain said SSCP Management’s acquisition of Logan’s violated their franchise agreement because the two brands are direct competitors.

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