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Financing

Papa Johns signs a big deal in China

The pizza delivery chain has a deal with FountainVest Partners to develop 1,350 locations in the country by 2040.

Financing

Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s step out of the mall together

Parent company Focus Brands is using cobranding as it looks for different types of locations for its mall-focused concepts.

Financing

Restaurant chain bankruptcies plunged last year

The Bottom Line: After a major surge in industry filings during the pandemic, they all but stopped last April. Here's why.

Marketing

Taco Bell is debuting its taco subscription nationwide today

The Mexican fast-food chain’s “Taco Lover’s Pass” will let customers get one of seven tacos per day for 30 consecutive days for $10.

Marketing

Del Taco launches a new value menu

The company’s "20 Under $2” menu features a large number of new and existing products.

Financing

Carrols Restaurant Group, citing 'significant and unforeseen challenges,' hands out bonuses

The big Burger King franchisee cited labor costs, supply chain challenges and its upcoming CEO’s retirement in giving out retention awards to some top executives.

Financing

Subway tries a new franchising strategy: bigger operators

The Bottom Line: The sandwich giant grew into the most prolific franchise in the world with small-scale operators. Now it wants franchisees with more locations.

Financing

How ghost kitchens and virtual brands could change the restaurant industry

A Deeper Dive: Former Red Robin CEO Denny Marie Post discusses how these mega trends could change restaurants for years to come.

Financing

Struggling Gameworks finally calls it quits

The Bottom Line: The food-and-games chain has declared bankruptcy twice over the past two decades and has struggled for years. It closed its last six units and shut down for good on Christmas Eve.

Financing

The FTC fines Biglari Holdings $1.4M over ‘grossly negligent’ Cracker Barrel stock purchase

It was the investor’s second such fine for violating antitrust laws related to the reporting of stock purchases by large existing shareholders.

Operations

Starbucks will require workers to get vaccinated or tested by February

The coffee giant will “strongly encourage” its employees to get vaccinated by Feb. 9. Those that don’t will have to pay for their own tests.

Financing

For restaurant stocks, 2021 was a tale of two halves

As pandemic concerns persisted, investors bet against casual dining and fast-casual and kept their fast-food shares.

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