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How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

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USDA takes aim at supply-chain bottlenecks

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 21, 2022

A financing initiative aims to improve the volume and price of food supplies by fostering loans of startup and growth capital.

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Consumers say inflation is causing them to eat out less often

 By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 21, 2022

More than eight in 10 consumers say they are cutting back on restaurant visits as evidence of spending shifts continues to grow.

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Wingstop opens its first restaurant in Canada

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2022

The company is opening a location this month in Toronto, one of 100 planned for the country as the chicken wing chain pushes international growth more aggressively.

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How Red Robin is preparing for a ‘softening consumer’

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 20, 2022

The chain believes a new $10 value meal combined with strong LTOs will give price-conscious guests more options.

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Wall Street investors hit restaurants hard

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2022

The Bottom Line: The average stock has lost 46% of its value since its 52-week high, far worse than the broader markets. Investors have reset industry valuations in the process.

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Pandemic losses are covered by a restaurant's business interruption insurance, court rules

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 17, 2022

The decision is a rare instance of an insurer losing the argument that a policy only applies in instances of structural damage. But the applicability is likely limited because the ruling was by a state court.

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Subway’s growth returned last year, but its market share did not

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 17, 2022

The Bottom Line: Its share of the market for limited-service sandwiches continued to decline last year. Here’s a look at who is taking that business.

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Restaurants urge Congress to kill inflation-fueling tariffs

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 16, 2022

With Congress looking to temper inflation, the National Restaurant Association has suggested it look at the fees levied on imports. The White House has already taken steps in that direction.

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Pizzeria Uno targets hotels in new franchising push

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 16, 2022

The full-service brand is touting the ability of a lodging property to add pizza delivery.

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Big chains maintain their faith in China despite continued shutdowns

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 16, 2022

The Bottom Line: The country’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy is not expected to end anytime soon. That’s not stopping major chains from building a lot of restaurants there.

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