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Heather Lalley

Managing editor

Articles by
Heather Lalley

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Emerging Brands

Restaurant accelerator Venture Kitchen adds another brand to its fold

Restaurant accelerator Venture Kitchen, the owner of Blackwood BBQ and Naansense, has acquired health-focused concept FARE.

Operations

Panera Bread quietly ends self-delivery

The pandemic has pushed Panera Bread to quietly end its self-delivery program.

Operations

Del Posto closes permanently

Del Posto has permanently closed, and Melissa J. Rodriguez, the high-end Italian restaurant’s executive chef, has purchased the location with an investor group.

Financing

Chipotle’s stock appears to have no ceiling

Chipotle Mexican Grill's stock keeps surging. The fast casual, which reports its Q1 earnings next week, notched a record per share price Monday of more than $1,567.

Operations

After a long slumber, many restaurants are emerging from hibernation

Across the country, restaurant operations are realizing that coming out of mothball mode is more complicated than merely flipping on the lights.

Operations

How the Asian restaurant community is combatting the rise in hate and violence

Asian-American restaurant operators are taking a proactive stance against bigotry and the rise in violent crimes.

Operations

Roti is facing multiple eviction lawsuits

Roti is facing multiple eviction lawsuits. The fast-casual Mediterranean chain, which is permanently closing one third of its units, is being sued by some of its landlords after not paying rent for more than a year.

Operations

Inside Capriotti’s Wing Zone acquisition

How Capriotti's Sandwich Shop intends to make Wing Zone, its new concept, a major Wingstop competitor.

Workforce

Chipotle unlocks a retention secret with its debt-free tuition program

Chipotle Mexican Grill, which is expanding its free college offerings to include more areas of study, said employees who participate have a retention rate 3.5 times higher than those who don’t.

Operations

How Velvet Taco is getting creative with real estate

Velvet Taco is getting creative with real estate. The growing fast casual is looking at strip malls, former gas stations and shuttered Burger Kings as it quickly adds restaurants.

Operations

Roti plans to permanently close a third of its restaurants

Roti, a Mediterranean fast-casual chain, entered the pandemic with 42 restaurants but said its central business district locations have been particularly hard hit and that it plans to close one-third of its total units.

Consumer Trends

Chick-fil-A remains the No. 1 restaurant for teens

Chick-fil-A is joined by Starbucks and Chipotle on the latest Taking Stock with Teens spending survey from Piper Sandler.

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