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Jonathan Maze

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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Are lower profits for casual dining the new normal?

Chili’s lower margins freaked out Wall Street, RB’s The Bottom Line says, but that might be more common in the future.

Operations

How restaurants should adapt to rising takeout demand

This week’s episode of "A Deeper Dive" features Kitchen United’s Atul Sood, who discusses how his company takes off-premise sales off premise.

Financing

At McDonald’s, fewer restaurants and fewer customers

The company believes remodels and efforts to improve service times will get customers coming back.

Marketing

Domino’s will give you loyalty points for buying rivals’ pizzas

Points for Pies uses artificial intelligence to determine whether customers are eating pizza and awards points, no matter where it’s from.

Financing

These restaurant chains are all for sale right now

RB’s The Bottom Line takes a look at the companies currently seeking buyers, and a few that might actually sell.

Financing

Bowl, smoothie chain Everbowl gets $3 million investment

Canadian investment firm Serruya Private Equity is backing the California-based concept.

Leadership

David Gibbs named COO of KFC owner Yum Brands

The company veteran and former CFO will assume operating leadership of the global KFC division.

Financing

Here’s why restaurant chains aren’t going public right now

RB’s The Bottom Line examines the poor record of the last generation of IPOs and what it would take for another chain to go public.

Leadership

GameWorks names Jonathan Tang CFO

Darren Des Roches was named COO and Michael Sadowski was named CMO.

Financing

Subway closed 1,100 restaurants last year

The company has fewer than 25,000 locations in the U.S., the lowest level since 2011.

Financing

Wall Street really likes Chipotle’s new management

The company’s stock has soared since Brian Niccol took over, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Will the shutdown hurt restaurant sales? It’s not clear

Sales data shows little evidence that shutdowns depress sales, but this one is different, says RB’s The Bottom Line.