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Marketing

Pizza Hut has a new $5 menu

The $5 lineup includes pizza, wings and new Cinnabon Mini Rolls.

Financing

CapitalSpring hopes to take Buddy’s Pizza out of Detroit

After making a major investment at the end of last year, the private-equity firm is preparing the company for growth.

The company says its green-bun Nightmare King is “clinically proven to induce nightmares.”

As delivery visits replace existing visits, lower profits will push more companies to look for new options, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

The pizza chain also named Sherri Landry chief marketing officer.

But the stock fell as investors worried about competition from delivery services.

The casual-dining chain has said little about its next CEO following the departure of Ray Blanchette.

The activist investor believes the company’s stock price could double over three years, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Mike Nettles was promoted to chief operating and growth officer, among other changes.

Operators at a meeting this week voted a “resounding yes” to forming an independent franchisee association.

An analyst mentioned a few potential candidates, and RB’s The Bottom Line examines them, and what a buyer would have to do.

Melissa Heidman was promoted to general counsel of the fast-casual chain.

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