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Here's where restaurant menu prices are increasing the most

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 13, 2024

Average price increases rose 4% over the past year, according to Technomic. But restaurants raised prices more for proteins and less for sides and alcohol. And cold coffee beverage prices took off.

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Restaurant menu price inflation eased last month

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 12, 2024

Prices at fast-food and casual-dining restaurants slowed as costs eased and concern mounted about slow industry traffic.

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Boston Market is down to 27 restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 11, 2024

The owner of the rotisserie chicken chain also had his second bankruptcy filing terminated over technical issues, and this time is banned from filing another one.

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Federal judge strikes down new joint employer rules

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 11, 2024

One business day before the new standard was to be adopted, a federal judge sided with the franchise industry and blocked adoption, saying the update goes too far.

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How can brands win back lower-income consumers?

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 11, 2024

The Bottom Line: People making $50,000 or less have cut back on dining as prices have soared. But that group remains an important source of industry traffic.

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Revamped loyalty program drives sales at Potbelly

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 08, 2024

The sandwich chain said its fast-growing digital business is shifting customers away from third-party channels, with loyalty membership growing nearly 90% during the fourth quarter.

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This would be a bad time for a Panera IPO

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 07, 2024

The Bottom Line: The fast-casual chain has wanted to go public for years. But controversies, lawsuits, a menu overhaul and an ingredient downgrade made that a bad idea.

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Fatburger owner Fat Brands wants to buy more chains, but only at its price

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 07, 2024

The owner of Twin Peaks, Fazoli’s and a bunch of other fast-food chains is on the lookout for other concepts, but it won’t pay too much for them.

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Franchisees sue Bojangles over marketing

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 07, 2024

The chicken chain’s franchisee association says the company stopped providing information on how it uses their marketing dollars and a second “secret” account.

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Why you should never compromise on unit economics

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 06, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Justin Rosenberg, the founder of Honeygrow, joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about how it got back on the right track.

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