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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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Joe Guszkowski

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Technology

Why this POS company believes it can dominate the market for Asian restaurants

Tech Check: Chowbus has won over thousands of Asian operators by offering tech that speaks their language, literally. It just raised $81 million to keep expanding.

Financing

Some struggling Kona Grill locations to be rebranded

After years of steep same-store sales declines at the upscale Asian chain, parent company The One Group will convert five of them into Benihana or STK.

Financing

McDonald's tests the limits of value pricing

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at McDonald's latest value offer, trouble at Noma and Uber Eats' fee hikes.

Marketing

Buffalo Wild Wings mixes two trends into one wild cocktail

The Espresso Proteini contains Muscle Milk protein powder and is flavored like a chicken wing. The chain says the unusual combination is “uniquely B-Dubs.”

Technology

Investor urges restaurant tech firm PAR to explore strategic alternatives

Voss Capital, which owns more than 13% of PAR stock, argued that the POS company’s struggling share price does not reflect its true value.

Marketing

For restaurants, 'fake news' is becoming a real problem

The rise of AI and social media is allowing misinformation to flourish, and forcing restaurants to be more vigilant in snuffing it out.

Financing

Logan's Roadhouse is sold to Cicis owner SSCP

Previous owner SPB Hospitality will shift focus to its upscale-casual concepts like J. Alexander’s, while SSCP expands into the steakhouse category.

Emerging Brands

Former Legal Sea Foods CEO debuts new concept at Boston airport

Six years after selling Legal, Roger Berkowitz is back with Roger’s Fish Co., a fast-casual spinoff of his online retail business. It was built with travelers in mind.

Technology

Can AI help bring down delivery costs? Not just yet

Tech Check: There’s hope that chatbots could help restaurants cut out third-party middlemen. Right now, they seem to be doing the opposite.

Technology

Uber Eats is raising delivery fees for some restaurants

The third-party delivery company is hiking commission rates in two of its three pricing tiers in an effort to cover rising costs. It will also charge more for access to its most frequent customers.

Technology

Restaurants wonder what Square's mass layoffs will mean for them

Parent company Block just shrunk its workforce by 40%, saying it plans to do more with AI. That has created uncertainty, and some unease, for restaurants that use Square POS.

Financing

Cracker Barrel sees some progress in rebound from logo saga

Traffic is still down significantly at the family-dining chain, but it is beginning to improve, and customers are giving the chain higher marks on food and service.

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