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Shoppers apparently returned to stores on Black Friday

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Raising Cane's may not convert landmark Googie site Norms after all

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Sweetgreen pledges to keep endangered Los Angeles farmers markets running

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Restaurant employers are heading toward an avalanche of minimum-wage hikes

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Meet the U.S. father of mac 'n cheese. You know him as Thomas Jefferson

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How one small burger chain is staying ahead of the curve

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The Cheesecake Factory has big plans for its smaller brands

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McDonald's is bringing back the Snack Wrap next year

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Chipotle raises menu prices nationally for the first time in more than a year

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Shoppers apparently returned to stores on Black Friday

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Take that, Sardar Biglari: Cracker Barrel shows its turnaround plan is working

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Your quick morning dose of the restaurant news you need, every weekday, from the editors of Restaurant Business and Nation's Restaurant News.

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"A Deeper Dive" is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze.

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“Menu Talk”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

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"Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today.

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Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

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Shoppers apparently returned to stores on Black Friday

The Bottom Line: Holiday shopping season isn’t what it used to be as more than half of consumers get most of their gifts online. But they were more likely to shop inside stores last weekend.

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How one small burger chain is staying ahead of the curve

POS provider Toast pinpoints 15 burger trends impacting menus now and into 2025, and Nashville’s Pharmacy Burger is nailing most of them.

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Most consumers now consider convenience stores viable alternatives to fast food

The Bottom Line: More than half of U.S. consumers now believe convenience-store prepared food is a good alternative to quick-service chains. Did value drive that change?

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Chipotle raises menu prices nationally for the first time in more than a year

The fast-casual chain has held back on pricing in most regions while focusing on consistent portion sizes. But to address rising inflation, it raised menu prices about 2%.

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How a robot is meeting soaring demand for boba on college campuses

Botrista's beverage machine can produce the complex Taiwanese tea at the push of a button, allowing foodservice operations to offer a trendy item with minimal labor.

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Most consumers now consider convenience stores viable alternatives to fast food

The Bottom Line: More than half of U.S. consumers now believe convenience-store prepared food is a good alternative to quick-service chains. Did value drive that change?

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Here's everything we know about the bidding war for 7-Eleven's parent company

Seven and I Holdings, the parent company of the convenience-store chain, is weighing multiple options for its future, including an offer from the owner of Circle K and a management buyout that could result in a U.S. IPO for its North American operations.

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Take that, Sardar Biglari: Cracker Barrel shows its turnaround plan is working

The family-dining chain posted a same-store restaurant sales increase of 2.9% for the first quarter, but retail sales continued to slip.

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Why restaurant chains are releasing so many new menu items

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast focuses on the rapid increase in new menu items from restaurant chains, and why they should consider slowing down.