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Jonathan Maze

Executive Editor

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Restaurant Business Executive Editor Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants. He writes daily about the factors influencing the operating environment, including labor and food costs and various industry trends such as technology and delivery.

Jonathan has been widely quoted in media publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post and has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance and NPR. He writes a weekly finance-focused newsletter for Restaurant Business, The Bottom Line, and is the host of the weekly podcast “A Deeper Dive.”

Articles by
Jonathan Maze

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Technology

Burger King adds Uber Eats to its delivery roster

The company brings in another provider as multicompany delivery strategies catch on.

Financing

Is Wendy’s a buyer or a seller?

The burger chain, beset by regular merger reports, believes it has plenty of growth without buying or selling, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Tension reemerges between McDonald’s and its franchisees

Operators say the company pressured suppliers not to attend a recent National Owners Association meeting.

Financing

Cracker Barrel acquires Maple Street Biscuit Co.

The company plans to fold its Holler & Dash brand into the newly acquired fast-casual concept following the $36 million deal.

Financing

Why Wendy’s believes this breakfast attempt will work

The company says that it can quickly generate up to 10% of its sales via the morning daypart. RB’s The Bottom Line examines how.

Financing

Hooters operator is getting into the drug business

Chanticleer Holdings is merging with a biotech company that develops cancer drugs and plans to spin off its restaurants.

Financing

Spicy Nuggets drive Wendy’s sales

The company says its same-store sales rose to their strongest level in four years following the return of the popular product.

Financing

Black Box: Same-store sales fell in Q3

Restaurants continue to depend on check growth as customer count falls.

Financing

How Domino’s is fending off third-party delivery

Facing sales pressure from other types of restaurants, the pizza giant is trying late-night hours and delivery insurance.

Financing

Big Burger King franchisee buys 51 McAlister’s locations

Sun Holdings, which also owns the Taco Bueno brand and operates several franchises, bought locations in four states and the right to develop 47 more.

Financing

Debating the risks and rewards of franchising

On this week’s episode of "A Deeper Dive," franchising experts Matthew Haller and Keith Miller debate the riskiness of operating a franchise business.

Leadership

Boyd Hoback out as Good Times CEO

The Denver-based burger chain operator named CFO Ryan Zink acting CEO.

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