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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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Signs of a weakening consumer continue to appear

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 16, 2022

The Bottom Line: FedEx's CEO told CNBC that his company’s numbers “don’t portend well” for the economy. More analysts are also predicting a slower holiday spending season.

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Red Robin gives new CEO G.J. Hart some stock

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 15, 2022

The inducement grants incentivize Hart to boost the chain’s share price, which has lost more than half of its value this year.

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Are high grocery prices helping restaurants? Maybe

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 15, 2022

The Bottom Line: Sales at restaurants and bars have been outpacing that of retail for much of the year. Prices may be playing a role, but it’s not entirely clear.

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The owner of Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream declares bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 15, 2022

The company, which also owns the Tony Sacco’s concept, blamed the impact of the pandemic as well as high labor and food costs.

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McDonald’s is moving its innovation center to corporate headquarters

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 14, 2022

The burger giant is creating “Speedee Labs,” which will consolidate innovation work being done in Romeoville, Ill., and its corporate offices in downtown Chicago.

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Here’s a look at all the changes Starbucks has made since Howard Schultz came back

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 14, 2022

The Bottom Line: The coffee giant has changed top executives and its operating structure, increased pay and benefits, and promises major new equipment upgrades. Here’s a rundown.

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Restaurant menu price inflation accelerated in August

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 13, 2022

Prices at restaurants and schools continued rising last month while consumers’ total food costs hit yet another 40-year high.

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Burger King tries a unique incentive to get franchisees to remodel

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 13, 2022

The Bottom Line: Lost amid the burger chain’s $400 million investment is a shift in its incentive structure it believes could improve the frequency and quality of remodels.

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First Watch tries a secondary IPO

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 13, 2022

Advent International, which owns three-quarters of the breakfast-and-lunch chain's stock, will sell at least 4.5 million shares in a secondary offering.

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A look at the devastating impact of opioid addiction

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 13, 2022

A Deeper Dive: Rick Van Warner, former CEO of Tijuana Flats, talks about the horrors of opioid addiction and how it can affect a family.

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