Food

How a change in portioning and plating skyrocketed Fish Fry sales at Bob Evans

Behind the Menu: The family-dining chain introduced the new format at the start of Lent and the wild cod items quickly became best-sellers.

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Financing

In Hooters, another example of private-equity excess

The Bottom Line: The casual-dining chain’s owners loaded the company up with too much debt coming out of the pandemic. The result was a predictable bankruptcy.

Technology

The restaurant disruptors that weren't

Tech Check: Ghost kitchens, Zume Pizza, Amazon Restaurants: They were supposed to transform the industry, but didn't quite catch on. Here's why.

Financing

Another thing for restaurants to consider: A GLP-1 pill

The Bottom Line: The drugmaker Eli Lilly this week said that tests of its GLP-1 pill could work just as well as injectable drugs like Ozempic. That could be huge, for the medication and for restaurants.