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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Jack in the Box targets more unit growth, even as franchisees close locations

The company has a new franchise sales effort and is opening in REEF Kitchens, but it allowed operators to close underperforming locations last quarter.

Financing

Subway franchisees expect several thousand more closures

Many of the sandwich chain’s operators are simply waiting for their leases to end so they can walk away, some operators say. RB’s The Bottom Line examines why.

Financing

Sonic gave customers a needed experience during the pandemic

The burger chain was one of the fastest-growing concepts in the U.S. last year as customers flocked to its drive-ins. Its challenge now is to keep that.

Marketing

Chick-fil-A is planning a virtual concept that could sell wings and burgers

The chain revealed a virtual brand, “Little Blue Menu,” set to start in Atlanta and Nashville, but it has also trademarked names for a wing and a burger concept as well as an online grocer.

Financing

McDonald’s expects to pay $15 an hour at company restaurants by 2024

The Chicago-based burger giant is giving workers a 10% raise and is boosting its starting wage to $11 to $17 an hour amid an unprecedented shortage of labor.

Financing

Chick-fil-A is facing a sauce shortage

The company is limiting dipping sauces to one per customer at many locations as supply chain disruptions hit the chicken chain.

Financing

Subway franchisees want their royalty payments cut

A group of operators is asking the company’s shareholders to cut its franchise fees to 4.5% from 8%. Its royalties are higher than other sandwich chains.

Financing

How Domino’s became a technology company

Dennis Maloney, the chain’s chief innovation officer, joins this week’s episode of the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to talk about technology and robots.

Financing

Starboard Value takes some equity out of its Papa John’s investment

The investment fund, which bought $250 million in preferred shares two years ago, is selling some of them back for $184 million, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Breakfast did well for Wendy’s, but so did the rest of the day

The chain’s sales “significantly exceeded” expectations in the first quarter as morning sales did well, but customers came in the rest of the day, too.

Marketing

McDonald’s is pushing vaccinations on its coffee cups and delivery orders

The burger giant is working with the Biden administration to raise vaccine awareness, including “We Can Do This” campaign ads on the company’s Times Square billboard.

Technology

Vote for the 2021 Restaurant Leader of the Year

Choose which CEO you think did the best job to pull their brand forward during a difficult 2020.

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