Financing

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

Financing

Why rising interest rates are unlikely to slow restaurant expansion

Borrowing costs are increasing as the Federal Reserve looks to slow inflation. But they seem unlikely to slow the industry’s growth.

Financing

Au Bon Pain begins adding locations again

The bakery-café chain, which at one time helped launch Panera Bread, opened its first location under its new owners and has plans for more.

The parent of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse said its ongoing effort to simplify operations lowered labor costs.

The burger giant has “fine-tuned” rules for renewing franchise agreements as it works to bring new operators into the system. Operators say the changes are an "overreach."

The National Labor Relations Board indicated that it once again could make franchisors more accountable for the labor actions of franchisees.

A Deeper Dive: Charleys Philly Steaks President Candra Alisiswanto joins the podcast to talk about the company’s growth strategy and its new stand-alone locations.

The two brands are becoming part of a new holding company that's looking to find young growth chains.

The Bottom Line: Weak sales and rising costs, including delivery fees, have eaten into the profit margins of big operators like GPS Hospitality and Carrols Restaurant Group.

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

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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