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Wendy’s fresh beef shortage has the chain cutting corners

 By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2020

Hundreds of its restaurants have stopped selling burgers amid beef supply challenges.

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Famous Dave's parent lands $13M in PPP loans

 By Peter Romeo on May 05, 2020

Famous Dave's received $7.2 million, and sister concept Granite City obtained $5.8 million.

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Treasury makes a restaurant-requested tweak in the PPP's forgiveness rules

By Peter Romeo on May 05, 2020

Borrowers will no longer be dinged for furloughed employees who decline their old jobs.

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Chuck E. Cheese’s owner hires advisers and explores its options

By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2020

CEC Entertainment, which also owns Peter Piper Pizza, lost most of its sales in the aftermath of the coronavirus shutdown.

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The drive-thru becomes a pandemic necessity

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2020

The windows have drawn long lines of consumers at chains, and even some independents have introduced their own versions.

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Investors find opportunity in public casual-dining chains

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2020

First Cheesecake Factory, then BJ’s Restaurants, now Dave & Buster’s. RB’s The Bottom Line looks at the latest trend in investing amid the coronavirus.

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Dave & Buster’s stays afloat with $100M from Jefferies

By Heather Lalley on May 04, 2020

The struggling eatertainment chain said it will use the money to “strengthen its balance sheet.”

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Bankruptcy proves to be another problem for the PPP fund

By Jonathan Maze on May 01, 2020

Why can TooJay’s get Paycheck Protection Program loans but Cosi can’t? The fund’s rules appear to be inconsistent, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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For some chains, supplies of fresh ground beef shrink, and prices soar

By Jonathan Maze on May 01, 2020

Supply challenges have put some stress on Wendy’s and other chains that use fresh beef for burgers.

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Ron Shaich buys into BJ's Restaurants

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2020

The former Panera Bread CEO's Act III Holdings has teamed up with T. Rowe Price to make a $70 million investment in the casual-dining chain.

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