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Delight Restaurant Group buys 65 Wendy's restaurants

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 02, 2024

The Virginia-based operator acquired the restaurants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, making it one of Wendy’s largest franchisees.

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In an uncertain year, investors flock to fast-casual chains

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The Bottom Line: Led by Sweetgreen and Cava, fast-casual restaurants outperformed other sectors. Wall Street rewarded them.

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Dave & Buster's eyes international expansion

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The eatertainment concept signed another international development deal as it pushes to bring its restaurant and games venues to more global markets.

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California throws a wrench into restaurants' value strategies

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The Bottom Line: The restaurant industry has a traffic problem and consumers are fretting about prices. But the $20 fast-food wage in California makes it difficult to market any kind of value.

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Big Macs aren't McDonald's real inflation story. Instead, look to the Cheeseburger

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

While the focus on restaurant menu price inflation has centered on premium items like the Big Mac, it’s in the smaller items, with fewer deals available, where prices have increased most.

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California cites I Heart Mac and Cheese for franchise violations

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

The state said that the fast-casual restaurant chain of customizable macaroni and cheese bowls failed to provide proper disclosures on its franchise documents. It’s the second state to take action against the business.

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Restaurants have good reasons for not turning cartwheels over the credit-card deal

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2024

Working Lunch: The offer from MasterCard and Visa doesn't look so good when you dive into the details.

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Bob Evans puts itself on the market

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 28, 2024

The family dining restaurant chain has hired an investment bank to look for a buyer, after having considered a sale in 2022.

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Benihana deal makes The One Group one to watch in full-service dining

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 27, 2024

Acquiring the 86-unit teppanyaki chain will make the owner of STK and Kona Grill a $1 billion company. And it's just the beginning of an ambitious long-term growth plan.

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Minor league baseball players indicted for insider trading on the 2022 Del Taco sale

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 27, 2024

Jordan Qsar, Grant Witherspoon, Chase Lambert and Austin Bernard were accused of trading stocks after learning that the Mexican restaurant chain would be sold to Jack in the Box.

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