Financing

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

Financing

How to get a restaurant chain at a discount price

Want a restaurant chain? Find a company selling a secondary concept, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Financing

Rising labor expenses cost restaurants $250M in 2017

Higher wages continued to be a problem late last year, even at chains with rising sales, says RB's The Bottom Line.

The Bottom Line: Yes, it can, and there's evidence it's already starting.

The franchisee will offer up to 50% off food purchases throughout the month.

The sandwich chain has acquired 40 locations from a franchisee.

Sales rose 6.3% in the month as the industry continues its late-2017 momentum, according to the Technomic Chain Restaurant Index.

The Buffalo wing chain was purchased by several partners of investment group Fresh Hospitality.

The sandwich chain isn't focused on the morning as it works to turn the rest of its business around, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Franchisees' same-store sales increased 1.1% as the company refranchised more units and added delivery.

But the former NFL quarterback will still be a company spokesman.

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