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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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With unemployment low, restaurants struggle to fill jobs

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 13, 2019

More operators are cutting hours or delaying new openings as they struggle to find workers.

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As store closures mount, Subway tries keeping them open

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 12, 2019

The company has started requiring operators go to a committee rather than close their stores as it seeks to stem a decline in unit count.

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Among McDonald’s franchisees, cautious optimism with a dose of discontent

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 11, 2019

Operators like what they’ve seen from new U.S. boss Joe Erlinger so far, says RB’s The Bottom Line, but many remain frustrated by the past few years.

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Should pizza chains work with third-party delivery?

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 08, 2019

RB’s The Bottom Line examines the vastly different strategies deployed by Domino’s Pizza and Papa John’s.

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Noodles sees boost from premium delivery pricing, cauliflower noodles

By Heather Lalley on Nov. 08, 2019

The fast-casual chain reported a same-store sales increase of 2.1% for Q3, its sixth consecutive quarter of sales growth.

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Black Box: Sales still flat, traffic still falling

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 08, 2019

But the industry’s same-store sales have stabilized in recent months.

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In brief: Q3 results for Ruth’s Chris, Chuy’s, J. Alexander’s, STK

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 08, 2019

At a time of free-falling traffic for the industry, the smaller casual brands relied largely on pricing to improve results.

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TGI Fridays to be acquired in a $380M deal

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 08, 2019

The transaction with Allegro Merger will once again make the granddaddy of the casual segment a public company.

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A discounting mistake cost a big Burger King operator $8M last quarter

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 07, 2019

Carrols Restaurant Group accidentally gave customers a bigger discount than they expected, hurting the operator’s sales and profits.

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Short drivers, Papa John’s embraces third-party delivery

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 07, 2019

The company has deals with three major providers as it works to offset a major driver shortage and says it is happy with the service’s profitability.

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