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Can Papa John’s recover from John Schnatter controversy?

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 10, 2018

Restaurant Business' Peter Romeo and Jonathan Maze weigh in on the dispute and where the chain goes from here in this special edition of “A Deeper Dive.”

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Jack in the Box is making a huge investment in drive-thrus

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 10, 2018

The company hopes the improvements and a focus on speed will bolster sales.

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Ruth’s Chris ends Michael O’Donnell’s reign with positive Q2

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 10, 2018

Comps for company units rose 1.3%, with beef costs dropping 10%.

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Why are restaurant sales so bad in July?

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 10, 2018

Weak sales and traffic for the second July in a row could spell bad news for the industry, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Buffalo Wild Wings is still wheezing, franchisee says

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 09, 2018

One of the chain’s largest operators posted deeper losses and a 6.4% drop in comps.

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Why are Papa John’s sales falling so much?

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 09, 2018

RB’s The Bottom Line crowdsources a comparison between the John Schnatter firestorm and Chick-fil-A’s gay marriage controversy.

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Black Box: Same-store sales weak in July

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 09, 2018

Despite easy comparisons, the restaurant industry continued to lose customers.

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5 Chicagoland restaurants charged in federal crackdown on underreporting sales

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 09, 2018

The Justice Department says the investigation into the use of revenue-shaving software is ongoing.

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Wendy’s shuffles leadership to emphasize a digital future

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 08, 2018

The burger chain is changing executives’ leadership responsibilities to focus more on customer-facing technology.

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Smashburger’s Tom Ryan dishes on the burger wars

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 08, 2018

In the latest edition of RB's podcast, "A Deeper Dive," we also talk about Chipotle’s recovery from food safety-related sales challenges.

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