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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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The louts we’ve crossed off our holiday gift list

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 05, 2022

Coal is too good for these restaurant industry scoundrels. Roadkill, maybe?

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For Starbucks, unspent gift cards become a big business

 By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 02, 2022

The Bottom Line: As customers returned to Starbucks, revenue from unspent gift cards did, too, providing the coffee giant with a weird and profitable source of funds.

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Last quarter’s big winner: Higher menu prices

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 02, 2022

The Bottom Line: Other winners included Potbelly and third-party delivery, while Freshii, quick-service pizza and lower-income consumers were left out.

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McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept in Texas

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

The burger giant is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth. Its centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane.

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Planning to open restaurants in Canada? Check your trademarks

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

A single company in Edmonton has applied to register trademarks for numerous names of U.S. brands, highlighting concerns of "trademark squatting." Here's what brands should do to protect themselves.

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Has Starbucks won its union battle?

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 01, 2022

A Deeper Dive: RB editors Jonathan Maze and Peter Romeo debate whether the coffee giant has been successful in its effort to slow a union drive and discuss the SBA and a rail strike.

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Here's why the nation's largest restaurant franchisee is branching into hotels

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 30, 2022

Greg Flynn sees opportunity in a number of franchising-based businesses. Lodging is just one of them. And there will be more.

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McDonald's accuses top meat processors of fixing pork prices

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 29, 2022

The burger giant has sued 12 big-name suppliers, asserting they shared pricing and production data.

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Jack in the Box’s Del Taco deal was more expensive than it seems

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 29, 2022

The Bottom Line: Executives argued that “synergies” made the deal more palatable. But it’s taking a while for those cost savings to take hold. Investors have responded accordingly.

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SBA releases $83M in additional RRF aid

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 23, 2022

The assistance grants will be distributed to 169 operators who've already been notified of their funding.

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