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Jack in the Box

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Jack in the Box enters its 75th anniversary year facing a lot of questions

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 05, 2026

The Bottom Line: The fast-food burger chain just sold Del Taco after just four years. Its sales are struggling badly. And it faces an activist investor in Sardar Biglari.

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At Jack in the Box, weak sales and higher commodity costs hit profits

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 20, 2025

Same-store sales at the fast-food burger chain declined 7.4% last quarter as customers came in less often and spent less money when they did. Higher commodities also hit profit margins.

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Biglari makes play for the Jack in the Box board, but the company has other ideas

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 04, 2025

The activist investor Sardar Biglari nominated himself and one other person to the fast-food chain’s board. But then Jack in the Box turned around and added two itself, including the former CEO of Taco Bell.

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Fast-food was supposed to dominate the post-pandemic environment. It hasn't

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 16, 2025

The Bottom Line: The Del Taco sale, four years after it was acquired, revealed just how much industry thinking has changed over that time. Fast-food chains were supposed to win. But these days they are not.

Marketing

Fast-food chains push more discounts to combat McDonald's

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 11, 2025

Jack in the Box and Wendy’s are offering new price promotions as they push back against their rival’s Extra Value Meals. Not everybody is biting, however.

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Here's how much McDonald's combo meal pricing plan will lower its prices

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 22, 2025

The Bottom Line: By mandating a 15% discount in its combo meals, the fast-food giant will lower prices an average of 4.6 percentage points. But it will also catch up with the discounts its competitors already provide.

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A tough Hispanic market hits Jack in the Box sales

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 07, 2025

The fast-food chain’s same-store sales fell at their highest rate in 15 years as challenges with low-income and Hispanic consumers persist, but the company says it is seeing signs of improvement.

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Jack in the Box returns to Chicago, amid questions and changes

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 18, 2025

The fast-food chain is making a big push in the Second City. But it comes as the chain is once again closing locations and is on the verge of falling behind high-growth rivals Whataburger and Culver’s.

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Sardar Biglari goes activist on Jack in the Box

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 11, 2025

The investor, whose holdings own 10% of the fast-food chain’s stock, said that he had no intent on influencing Jack in the Box until the company swallowed a poison pill.

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With Sardar Biglari lurking, Jack in the Box swallows a poison pill

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 02, 2025

The fast-food company, which also owns Del Taco, adopted a shareholder rights plan after Biglari Capital Corp. accumulated more stock. Biglari has been hunting restaurant deals lately.

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