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

Financing

Pieology closes units amid a ‘restructuring’

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 21, 2018

The fast-casual pizza chain has closed six locations as it opts to focus on franchising.

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Olive Garden parent reels off positive comps, a host of surprises

 By Peter Romeo on Mar. 22, 2018

Six of Darden Restaurants' seven multiunit brands posted positive comps for Q3. The how's and why's provided some surprises.

Financing

Survey shows Chipotle has some work to do

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 23, 2018

In the recent Harris Poll reputation survey, the chain came in last among restaurants rated, says RB's The Bottom Line.

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Lawsuit: McDonald’s pushing out an older franchisee

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 23, 2018

The complaint says the chain’s remodel requirements and other efforts are designed to push him out of the business.

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Investors get a big appetite for Noodles & Co.

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 26, 2018

The fast-casual chain’s stock is making a comeback this year, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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How the restaurant industry has boomed since the Great Recession

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 27, 2018

Here are seven data points to show that the industry is bigger and stronger than it was a decade ago.

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Chuck E. Cheese's feels the heat from trampoline parks

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 28, 2018

The chain tests a new payment system to fend off competition.

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Under new management, will Elephant Bar march again?

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2018

The pared-down casual chain now has an experienced operator with a diverse slate of concepts at the helm.

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Restaurant sales, traffic slowed in February

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2018

Sales increased 3.7% for the 200 largest chains as customer counts weakened, the Technomic Chain Restaurant Index shows.

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CEO of Steak 'n Shake parent got a huge raise in 2017

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2018

But Sardar Biglari, CEO of Biglari Holdings, didn't get a crucial incentive for his investment work.

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