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Jonathan Maze

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Marketing

KFC is making a bet on value

The chicken chain introduced a new line of bundled meal options from $4.99 to $20, but not everything has a consistent price point nationwide, a nod to fast-food restaurants' complex relationship with value.

Financing

Wingstop versus Popeyes: The next great restaurant battle

The Bottom Line: The two fast-food chains are increasingly going head-to-head over chicken sandwiches and chicken wings.

Financing

What to expect from the upcoming Restaurant Leadership Conference

A Deeper Dive: In this bonus episode of the Restaurant Business podcast, Informa Connect EVP of Conferences Chris Keating gives a preview of RLC.

Financing

Fast-food chains will have to think creatively to get back their lost traffic

The Bottom Line: Customers are opting to stay home rather than dine out. With costs still elevated, brands will have to think differently to get them back.

Financing

Chick-fil-A's unit volumes at stand-alone restaurants hit $9M last year

The fast-food chicken sandwich chain generated nearly $22 billion in U.S. system sales last year, according to its franchise disclosure documents, while both mall and non-mall locations thrived.

Financing

McDonald's is buying its operator in Israel

The fast-food restaurant giant has an agreement to buy Alonyal Limited, the country’s franchise owner. The market has struggled since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict.

Leadership

Frances Allen is stepping down as Checkers & Rally's CEO

The chief executive guided the drive-thru fast-food restaurant chains through the pandemic, restructuring and its sale last year to a trio of investment firms. A search is on for her successor.

Food

Subway is releasing a new line of wrap sandwiches

The fast-food giant is coming out with a new line of flatbread wraps, joining the quick-service restaurant wrap battle with its first new bread option in three years.

Financing

Podcast transcript: Wingstop CEO Michael Skipworth

A Deeper Dive: The chief executive of the fast-casual chicken wing chain talks about how his restaurant chain solved the wing cost problem, how chicken sandwiches transformed the business, and the prospects for going 100% digital.

Leadership

Carl's Jr. gets a new brand president as its parent company restructures

CKE Restaurants, which also owns the burger chain Hardee’s, has separated its two fast-food brands and its international development under a trio of executives.

Financing

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski got a raise last year

But the fast-food chain’s chief executive, who was recently given the chairman title, still makes less than he did two years ago.

Financing

How Wingstop fixed its chicken wing cost problem

A Deeper Dive: Michael Skipworth, CEO of the chicken chain, joins the Restaurant Business podcast to discuss wings, chicken sandwiches and technology.

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