Sbarro

Financing

How a second bankruptcy helped Sbarro find the comeback trail

The pizza chain cut its debt, focused on its core product and found life beyond the mall, all of which helped it thrive despite two bankruptcy filings.

Financing

How Sbarro survived, and thrived, after 2 bankruptcy filings

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the restaurant finance podcast features an interview with David Karam, CEO of the venerable pizza chain, which has found life outside the mall.

The venerable chain embraced what it is, a pizza-by-the-slice brand that does best in high-traffic areas. And it is growing nearly a decade after filing for bankruptcy.

The pizza concept says it plans to open 100 company and franchise locations this year, thanks to deals with convenience stores and travel plazas.

A quick look at how small-cap restaurant companies are faring.

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Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

There are 283 companies on the list, according to the Wall Street Journal, which is current as of March 1. Peppering the list are several high-profile...

Pizza Hut is a leader in the change, including adding more fresh ingredients, introducing new ovens, interactive ordering and by-the-slice sales.

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