A look at Dan Cathy’s incredible tenure at Chick-fil-A
The chain’s soon-to-be-former CEO stumbled into a gay marriage controversy that sticks with the chain to this day, but RB’s The Bottom Line says its devotion to culture and service has been the key to its remarkable growth.Restaurant Business Exclusive Content
Financing
Jack in the Box plans to buy Del Taco four years after selling Qdoba
The Bottom Line: The deal signals a shifting market in the restaurant business. But it also demonstrates why executives should reconsider overreacting to activist investors.
Operations
Why Raising Cane’s says it will never go public
Despite the recent flurry of restaurant activity on Wall Street, AJ Kumaran, co-CEO of the fast-growing chicken finger chain, said his fast casual plans to remain steadfastly private to keep its company culture intact.
Financing
Amy’s Drive Thru is taking its organic fast food up and down the west coast
Customer demand led the founders of the retail brand Amy’s Kitchen to create a restaurant. The concept is now pushing to grab a bigger piece of the market.