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Chick-fil-A wades into a tough international market

The Bottom Line: The chicken sandwich chain is making a push in Canada and now the U.K. But international growth is proving to be more difficult for even the most experienced chains.

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Grocers are not quite the pizza chain competitors that we thought

The Bottom Line: We’ve long thought that pizza delivery chains were in a tough fight against the grocery store. But comments from Domino’s and data from Technomic say otherwise.

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A fake restaurant raises real trust issues for AI

Tech Check: The self-proclaimed No. 1 restaurant in Austin, Texas, doesn’t actually exist. It highlights one of the problems with AI.

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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is erasing one of his predecessor's more curious moves

The Bottom Line: The coffee shop giant is pulling back on the discounts it has been using to get customers in the door this year. Those discounts were either misplaced or unnecessary.