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Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief

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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

At McDonald's, labor pressure intensifies as coronavirus spreads

Workers staged a walkout and filed complaints after an employee became sick.

Operations

From the editor: Facing the future together

As the industry confronts its greatest challenge, we promise to be here for restaurants, their operators and their employees.

Workforce

Faces of the restaurant industry unemployment crisis

Massive and mounting unemployment figures do not tell the full toll of the coronavirus crisis on the restaurant industry.

Financing

Asset-light business models face an awful future

Restaurants spent too many years loading up on debt and dumping assets, and now those decisions are coming home to roost, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Restaurant employment plunges as coronavirus shutdown takes hold

New federal data shows more than half of job losses last month, though it doesn’t reflect late-month layoffs.

Financing

McDonald’s is adding masks and protective barriers as its coronavirus steps evolve

The chain is taking extra precautions to protect workers and employees, prioritizing hot spots.

Financing

Vapiano says it’s filing for bankruptcy

The German chain, which has six locations in the U.S., had said the coronavirus made it insolvent.

Financing

Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s parent company lays off workers

Focus Brands, which also owns Jamba, McAlister’s Deli and several other brands, is offering relief pay and deferring or waiving franchisees’ fees.

Financing

Fast-growing Luckin Coffee admits to a massive fraud

The tech-centric coffee chain out of China said it fabricated some of its transactions last year.

Operations

McDonald’s and Starbucks are taking more steps to protect workers' health

Starbucks is exploring the use of masks, while McDonald’s is taking more aggressive steps to ensure workers exposed to the coronavirus stay home.

Financing

Why restaurants are drawing down on credit lines

Some of them need the cash, but is also reflects concerns that companies could lose access to the funds, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Some franchise disputes boil over as coronavirus shutdown takes hold

Pizza Inn franchisees are pushing back against the company’s effort to take control of the chain’s ad fund.

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