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Jonathan Maze

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Jonathan Maze

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Marketing

Starbucks to take delivery national early next year

The company is expanding its partnership with Uber Eats following a successful 11-market test.

Food

Dunkin’ is testing a Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich

The company plans to take its Beyond Sausage breakfast sandwich nationwide after a test in Manhattan.

Financing

How Chicken Salad Chick makes it work

CEO Scott Deviney joins "A Deeper Dive" to talk about the chain’s growth strategy and the surprising flexibility of chicken salad.

Financing

Jollibee Foods to buy The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for $350M

The Smashburger owner is making its largest move into the U.S. to date with the acquisition of the coffee chain.

Financing

How the Cracker Barrel-Punch Bowl Social deal came together

A December phone call led to an unlikely pairing and one of the most interesting deals in years, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Ares Management invests in Cooper’s Hawk

The deal is expected to help fuel the chain’s continued growth.

Financing

Cracker Barrel to invest up to $140M in Punch Bowl Social

The deal gives the highway-side family dining chain a noncontrolling stake in the “eatertainment” concept.

Financing

Popeyes plans to take on China

The chicken chain inks a 1,500-unit deal, becoming the latest concept to make a bet on the fast-growing market.

Financing

Steak ‘n Shake gets a credit downgrade

Standard and Poor’s lowered its rating on the chain’s debt, saying it has an “elevated risk for a debt restructuring.”

Financing

Starbucks takes a stake in a tech company

The coffee chain is sharing technology with Brightloom, formerly known as Eatsa, which also raised $30 million.

Financing

Why the Kura Sushi IPO is a big deal

The proposed $58 million offering could end a long dry period and make the public markets available to small chains again, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Leadership

Silvia Lagnado to leave as McDonald’s CMO

She plans to leave the company in October, according to reports, and no successor has been named.

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