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Why Salad and Go is closing restaurants

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at Salad and Go, Fat Brands and protein.

More Salad and Go locations are Salad and Gone.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants examines the drive-thru salad chain, which closed its remaining locations in Texas and Oklahoma. We discuss why that concept has struggled. 

We also talk about protein. A dozen restaurant chains have introduced new protein items this week. What’s behind that trend and is it a fad? 

Some notable Fat Brands executives just got some retention bonuses and raises we’ll examine that particular bit of news. 

Later on in Tech Check, Joe talks about a fake Reddit post.

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