Texas Roadhouse

Leadership

Texas Roadhouse CFO Chris Monroe leaves the company

The former Southwest Airlines executive had been with the casual-dining steakhouse chain for two years. VP of Finance Keith Humpich was named interim CFO.

Financing

Look out for Bubba's 33, Texas Roadhouse's fast-growing, free-wheeling sibling

The 52-unit sports bar chain is applying the Roadhouse playbook to burgers and pizza. It has ambitions to become a major player in casual dining.

Winter weather hampered the casual-dining chain in February, but business has picked up since, allaying concerns about a weaker steak consumer.

The high-flying steakhouse brand pushed past Olive Garden and into the top spot last year thanks to nearly 15% sales growth, according to Technomic Top 500 data.

After a strong finish to 2024, same-store sales at the steakhouse chain slowed to 2.9% over the first part of 2025. Executives blamed bad weather and other external factors.

The deal is part of the casual-dining chain’s effort to own more locations as it continues to generate impressive sales.

The steakhouse chain saw impressive growth on both the top and bottom line in the second quarter as it continued to defy industry trends.

The chain reported another quarter of impressive sales and traffic growth, and its margins increased, too.

Guests are ordering less alcohol and more from the value side of the menu, but traffic was up 5.1% in the fourth quarter at company units.

The 671-unit steak chain has risen to the top in a punishing economy largely by breaking the rules.

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