Why is Jersey Mike’s going public so quickly after its sale?
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the IPO plans of the fast-casual sandwich chain less than two years after its sale to the private-equity firm Blackstone. Why is it going public so quickly? And how big of a deal is it?
The Technomic Top 500 ranking is out. We give our thoughts on the list and what it says about the state of chain restaurants right now.
We also talk about the recently concluded Restaurant Leadership Conference and some of our major takeaways, including slowing population growth, high gas prices and other concerns.
And on Tech Check this week Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski talks about ChatGPT and restaurant chains.
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