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Here come more restaurant rebrands

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the rebranding at Domino’s and Long John Silver’s, Wendy’s Project Fresh, ChatGPT and Chi-Chi’s. By Jonathan Maze and Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 10, 2025

Here comes more restaurant rebrands.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the rebrands at Domino’s and Long John Silver’s, and what those rebrands mean for the companies. 

Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski also talks about rebrands later in the podcast on Tech Check.

Speaking of marketing, Wendy’s hired a consulting firm run by a very interesting former industry executive. 

You can now get delivery from ChatGPT. That is a particularly notable event in the restaurant industry.

And some thoughts on Chi-Chi’s.

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.
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