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Jonathan Maze

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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Restaurants are keeping their takeout sales, for now

Chains say that takeout sales have increased even as more people go into their locations to eat, a phenomenon operators find promising, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Leadership

From the editor: Some changes are coming at RB

Starting on Monday, you will get our newsletter in the mornings as we adjust to when people want to read the news.

Financing

After a strong year, Fazoli’s starts thinking big

The fast-casual Italian chain says its sales have thrived over the past year, thanks to its drive-thrus, setting it up for unit growth for the first time in a decade.

Workforce

Restaurants’ sales are returning, but not necessarily their workers

Operators say hiring has become their top problem again, even with nearly 2 million former restaurant workers still out of a job.

Financing

Restaurants added a lot more jobs last month

The industry added 175,800 jobs in March and now employs more people than it has since the start of the pandemic.

Leadership

Fernando Machado is leaving Burger King owner RBI

It’s uncertain where the chief marketing officer is heading. He had been with the company since 2014.

Financing

Technomic Top 500: The biggest chains stood out in a tough 2020

Sales at the 500 largest chains fell 8% last year and they closed a lot fewer units than expected, but the 50 largest chains performed far better than everyone else.

Financing

Wingstop is not just a pandemic phenomenon

The chain’s same-store sales rose 21% in the first quarter, completing a remarkable year. But its performance was improving long before quarantine, says RB's The Bottom Line.

Leadership

Pizza Hut U.S. makes some management changes

Chief Marketing Officer George Felix is leaving the company, which also named a new marketing structure and said that Lynne Broad will become CFO in May.

Financing

Don Thompson’s venture capital firm ups its investment in Dom’s Kitchen & Market

The Chicago food emporium, which expects to open its first location in Chicago in June, raised another $15 million from existing investors, including Thompson’s Cleveland Avenue.

Financing

Restaurant sales take off

Consumers, stimulus checks in hand, are spending at restaurants, often outpacing 2019 numbers and creating supply chain problems in the process.

Financing

How Greg Flynn engineered the biggest franchise deal in U.S. history

This week’s episode of the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” features the founder of the country’s largest operator, coming off its purchase of most of NPC International.

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