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Just Salad's new partnership is a slam dunk

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at Jalen Brunson’s partnership with Just Salad, Red Lobster’s shrimp problem, and restaurants and inflation.

Just Salad’s newest investor is a champion.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the salad chain’s partnership with Jalen Brunson, a member of the NBA champion New York Knicks. 

We also discuss Red Lobster’s all-you-can-eat shrimp debacle, which is back in the news.

And we talk about our analysis of restaurant sales over the past five years and what that says about the overall state of the industry.

All that plus Tech Check from Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski.

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