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Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief

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Jonathan Maze

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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.

Financing

Some McDonald’s franchisees have an unusual buyer: The company

The Bottom Line: The burger giant, which had been refranchising in recent years, is buying out franchisees as it prepares to recruit new operators into the system for the first time in many years.

Operations

The best of Restaurant Business 2021

From the Editor: RB journalists covered every facet of an up-and-down year in the restaurant industry. Here is a look at some of our best journalism of 2021.

Financing

The biggest stories of 2021

A Deeper Dive: Restaurant Business editors discuss the year’s biggest stories and make predictions for 2022.

Financing

Black McDonald’s franchisees say they still face financial inequality

As the franchise invests in recruiting more diverse operators, the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association says Black owners earn lower profits than other franchisees in the system.

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