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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Want more sales? Just add cheese

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast examines Applebee’s cheese-fueled sales growth, Burger King’s Whopper improvements and the pizza sector.

Financing

Burger King's store-level profitability runs into a beef cost wall

The Bottom Line: The fast-food chain has been improving per-store profitability in recent years as it works to solidify its performance. But beef prices had something to say about that.

Financing

Krispy Kreme starts showing some progress on profits

The doughnut chain’s stock soared on Thursday after the company said that its profit margins improved as the company’s shift to more franchising, and fewer logistics, starts taking hold.

Financing

Papa Johns is closing 300 restaurants and cutting staff

The pizza chain’s North America same-store sales have fallen for seven of the past eight quarters. It is cutting 7% of its workforce while closing underperforming restaurants and eliminating menu items.

Food

Burger King is making improvements to the Whopper

The fast-food chain, which just hired the former head chef of Popeyes, is improving the Whopper for the first time in a decade. It is the first in a series of improvements to the menu slated for this year.

Marketing

Schlotzsky's is going back to the Deli

The fast-casual sandwich chain is changing its name again, returning to the Schlotzsky’s Deli moniker to remind customers what it’s all about. “I thought you were a dry cleaner.”

Financing

Restaurant executives expect another choppy environment in 2026

The Bottom Line: On earnings calls, industry chief executives expressed caution about the state of the economy this year, even as they were bullish about their own plans.

Financing

Five Guys is making some changes

A Deeper Dive: Molly Catalano, chief marketing officer for the fast-casual burger chain, joins the restaurant finance podcast to discuss the chain’s evolution and its push into catering.

Financing

Domino's hopes its largest franchisee can turn things around

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, the pizza chain’s giant Australia-based franchisee, has struggled of late and just hired its third CEO in just over a year. The franchisor’s international success depends on its turnaround.

Food

McDonald's is bringing its Big Arch burger to the U.S.

The fast-food giant will introduce the half-pound burger domestically for a limited time starting March 3. The burger had done well in several international markets.

Financing

KBP Brands buys 78 more Sonic restaurants

The giant restaurant operator, which owns more than 1,100 restaurants in the KFC, Taco Bell, Arby’s and Sonic systems, is now the drive-in burger chain’s fourth-largest franchisee.

Operations

Franchise restaurant chains invest in field operations staff to lift sales

Popeyes and Wendy’s believe that improving the way their restaurants are run is key to turning their sales around. So they’re bolstering their field operations staffs to help franchisees.

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