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

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 07, 2021

Companies continue to sign aggressive development deals even as many restaurants can’t find workers and supplies.

Why the FTC may take a harder look at franchising

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 06, 2021

Franchise attorney Eric Karp and franchisee advocate Keith Miller join the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to talk about their request for the agency to investigate franchising.

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Legal Sea Foods tests waters for westward expansion

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 06, 2021

New owner PPX Hospitality is trying the brand as a virtual concept in Chicago and Columbus ahead of plans to open physical restaurants there.

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Famous Dave's parent won't revive newly acquired buffet chains

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 06, 2021

BBQ Holdings will focus on the five-unit Tahoe Joe's chain it won at auction, rendering Old Country Buffet and its sister brands dead for now.

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Old Country Buffet did not die from the pandemic

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 06, 2021

Nor did it die from simply being a buffet brand. That and other concepts run by the bankrupt Fresh Acquisitions have been dying for years. The pandemic was the last nail in the coffin, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Famous Dave’s parent wins the auction to buy buffet chains

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 05, 2021

BBQ Holdings won the bidding for the bankrupt owner of the six-unit Tahoe Joe’s along with the assets of several buffet chains, including Old Country Bufffet.

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Food costs are expected to moderate, but when?

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 05, 2021

And some commodities, like chicken wings and beef, may never return to pre-pandemic levels as consumers appear willing to pay higher prices.

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J. Alexander's shareholders win after a long, weird process

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 04, 2021

Shareholders ultimately got the better end of the deal, but it took years, a pandemic and some strange proposals to get there, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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