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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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Why tipping is so important to restaurant employees

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 21, 2023

A Deeper Dive: This week’s podcast focuses on tipping from the view of the restaurant employee, and why they like them at both full-service and limited-service restaurants.

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Domino's CEO bets on himself

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 21, 2023

The Bottom Line: CEO Russell Weiner bought more than $1 million in stock earlier this month. But reversing the stock price’s recent slump will take a lot more.

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Teriyaki Madness is not calming down

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 20, 2023

The fast-casual bowl chain has been one of the country’s fastest-growing restaurant concepts in recent years. And now it has a potential new funding source for its franchisees.

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Restaurants turn to the states for relief on credit-card fees

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 20, 2023

Working Lunch: The argument against including sales taxes in the fee base is gaining traction.

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An 8-unit McDonald's franchisee declares bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 18, 2023

Rice Enterprises, a longtime operator out of the Pittsburgh area, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy less than two years after it was sued over the rape of a 14-year-old employee by one of its managers.

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A tweet comes between Grubhub and McDonald's franchisees

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 17, 2023

The Bottom Line: The fast-food burger chain’s former top U.S. corporate relations officer said, “cry me a river” in a now-deleted tweet about McDonald’s franchisees. It didn’t go over well, either with them or his new employer, Grubhub.

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Massachusetts court says Grubhub overcharged restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 17, 2023

The delivery service didn't keep its fees below the state's 15% cap, according to the ruling. State officials want the overpayments returned.

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Founder's untimely death leaves a Popeyes franchisee in bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 16, 2023

Premier Cajun Kings, which once operated 30 locations in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, struggled amid a difficult operating environment and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking a buyer.

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Why the 2021 restaurant buying spree may come back to haunt some operators

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 16, 2023

The Bottom Line: Franchisees in particular jumped at the chance to scoop up restaurants in 2021, often paying sky-high multiples in the process. And then inflation hit.

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Are potential new 'joint employer' rules bad for franchisees? Maybe not

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 16, 2023

The Bottom Line: Robert Zarco, who now works with McDonald's franchisees, argues that a potential redefinition of the joint employer standard could reduce the level of control franchisors exert over operators.

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