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Joe Guszkowski

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Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Financing

Chi-Chi's restaurants set to return after disappearing 20 years ago

The son of Chi-Chi's founder plans to start opening restaurants next year. The full-service Mexican chain shut down in 2004 following bankruptcy and a devastating hepatitis outbreak.

Financing

Red Robin gets some help from its activist investors

JCP Investment Management and Jumana Capital Partners are investing $8.3 million to help the casual-dining burger chain pay down debt. They are also getting two seats on the board.

Financing

Pennsylvania Applebee's franchisee buys more restaurants

The Rose Group acquired six Applebee’s in Pennsylvania from a fellow operator of the casual-dining brand, bringing its total to 55.

Technology

Big restaurant chains warm up to ghost kitchens again

Tech Check: Starbucks, Taco Bell and Jack in the Box have all set up shop in CloudKitchens recently, suggesting there may be some life left in the delivery-only model.

Operations

Bertucci's to open a limited-service spinoff, Bertucci's Pronto

The restaurant in downtown Boston will offer the full-service chain’s signature brick-oven pizza and other items for takeout and dine-in.

Leadership

Giordano's CEO steps down, and a Portillo's exec steps in

Yorgo Koutsogiorgas is leaving the Chicago deep-dish pizza chain after 13 years. His replacement is Portillo’s CMO Nick Scarpino, a fellow longtime Chicagoan.

Technology

A loyalty program does some heavy lifting for this Baltimore restaurant group

Atlas Restaurant Group's rewards app has helped boost frequency and spend across its 53 venues, which range from laid-back delis to high-end fish houses.

Technology

Even mom-and-pops are investing in artificial intelligence

A surprising 95% of independent restaurants say they’re using AI in their operations, according to a report from TouchBistro.

Technology

Discounts are reshaping the third-party delivery business

Freebies have become a big business for apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats. Their impact for restaurants is more complicated.

Technology

The restaurant tech market is heating up again

Restaurant tech stocks are up across the board and there’s been a mini boom in M&A and funding rounds, signaling confidence in restaurants’ digital transformation.

Workforce

TGI Fridays layoffs violated WARN Act, lawsuit says

Two employees said they were let go without proper notice when their restaurants closed last month ahead of the casual-dining chain’s bankruptcy filing.

Technology

6 thoughts on Wonder's acquisition of Grubhub

Tech Check: The fast-growing food hall-delivery chain has a deal to buy the floundering delivery app. Here’s what it could mean for both companies.

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