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Another casual-dining chain shuts down

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the closure of O’Charley’s, Jersey Mike’s first earnings call, and Brian Niccol.

Another casual-dining chain has shut down.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the closure of O’Charley’s, which has closed its corporate stores, leaving about four franchisee-owned units. 

We also discuss Jersey Mike’s first earnings call as a public company. The sandwich chain’s stock soared after the company said transactions were increasing and the company is boosting spending on digital marketing.

We also look back at two years of Brian Niccol at Starbucks.

On Tech Check, Joe Guszkowski talks Walmart delivery. 

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