Texas Roadhouse

Financing

Beef costs put pressure on Texas Roadhouse

Sales and traffic continue to rise for the steak chain, but an unexpected rise in beef prices took a bite out of its bottom line. They’re expected to remain elevated for the foreseeable future.

Financing

Texas Roadhouse to ramp up development of its smaller concepts

The casual-dining chain will accelerate openings of Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers next year after determining they’re ready to level up. It's also eyeing more Roadhouses in California.

The Trump-affiliated America First Legal, which is also pressuring Cracker Barrel, argued that Texas Roadhouse’s diversity initiatives discriminate against white men.

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.

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.

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