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In the fast-food Mexican sector, there is Taco Bell, and everyone else

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box’s planned sale of Del Taco highlights the sector’s complexity. Consumers are eating more Mexican. But they’re avoiding fast-food Mexican restaurants. Unless it’s Taco Bell.

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Buyer's remorse is a common affliction among acquiring restaurant companies

The Bottom Line: Jack in the Box is selling Del Taco just three years after buying the Mexican fast-food chain. But it’s not the first company to quickly decide to shed an acquisition. And it won’t be the last.

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How did restaurants do last month? It depends on who you ask

The Bottom Line: Overall restaurant industry sales improved in March, according to federal data. And some trackers of major chain traffic show improvement. Others reflect a continued difficult market.

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Marketing Bites: Chili’s CMO George Felix dishes on the casual-dining chain’s viral cheese pull and why, sometimes, the worst thing a restaurant can have is good marketing.

Charlie Morrison has been appointed CEO of Jersey Mike’s, succeeding founder Peter Cancro. With plans for domestic and international growth, Morrison aims to uphold the brand's culture while driving innovation in a competitive market. Discover what lies ahead for this popular sandwich chain.

Hart is stepping down as head of the casual-dining chain after more than two years at the helm. Pace has been chairman of the board since 2019.

The former Wingstop chief executive will take over as CEO of the sandwich chain, while founder Peter Cancro will remain chairman. Morrison will be only the second CEO in the company’s history.

The Italian casual-dining chain has been shrinking for years. It plans to refocus its efforts on a new fast-casual format, Bertucci's Pronto.

The slowdown in consumer spending is to blame for negative same-store sales in the first quarter for the fast-casual chain. But outside data indicates Chipotle may have a value perception problem too.