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Financing
The market for restaurant chains is heating up
The Bottom Line: A pair of firms are reportedly making a play for Papa Johns, and Bojangles is apparently on the market again. Buyers appear eager to take on certain types of restaurant chains.
Food
An eye on food waste inspires a chicken salad that becomes a best seller
Behind the Menu: Millers All Day repurposed leftover breakfast waffles into croutons to create a new signature—the Chicken and Waffle Salad. It’s a unique spin on Southern comfort.
Emerging Brands
Pepper Lunch carves a niche in the Panda Express-dominated world of Asian fast casual
The Japan-born franchise brand has 540 units globally, but only nine in the U.S. CEO Troy Hooper expects to see 20 to 25 open across the country in the next 12 months.