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Financing

Dutch Bros Coffee gets investment from TSG Consumer Partners

The drive-thru coffee brand wants to get to 800 shops in five years.

Technology

Chipotle testing a new loyalty program

The chain is testing in three markets before a national launch next year.

The National Restaurant Association will become an equity partner in Winsight, which assumes operational ownership of the trade group's annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show.

Ned Algeo was also named CFO of FM Restaurants, which acquired the owner of El Torito and Chevy’s Fresh Mex for $47 million out of bankruptcy.

The longtime Yum Brands veteran will take over on Jan. 1.

Despite higher prices, labor continued to pressure margins, according to an industry scorecard, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

But the sales came from higher prices as the industry continues to face traffic challenges.

The fast-casual chain closed all of its restaurants last weekend.

The creepy, robotic ads mock the growing use of artificial intelligence in various industries.

A report says the company is asking potential buyers to submit bids.

Here’s why chain owners are engineering the greatest merger wave in industry history, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Here’s how operators can start to fix the issue, which has long plagued the restaurant industry.

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