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Marketing

Restaurants try new lures for Black Friday shoppers

Discounts are still a staple, but new come-ons include free rides and tamales.

Financing

Fast food lives by the discount, and dies by it

Demand stalls at Wendy’s, Burger King and McDonald’s despite frequent discounts, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Discounts hurt Wendy’s sales

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 07, 2018

The company’s stock price fell after same-store sales declined for the first time in years.

Financing

With traffic challenged, fast food turns up the marketing heat

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 30, 2018

Deals and gimmicks show how competitive QSR is, but there are definite dangers, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Wendy’s sells its interest in Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings for $450M

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 16, 2018

The company sold its 12.3% ownership stake to Inspire Brands.

Financing

The burger business takes a big hit

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 13, 2018

Chains like McDonald’s and Shake Shack find themselves torn between pricing and traffic, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Wendy’s shuffles leadership to emphasize a digital future

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 08, 2018

The burger chain is changing executives’ leadership responsibilities to focus more on customer-facing technology.

Operations

This week’s 5 head-spinning restaurant moments: 1 more inch

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 27, 2018

A cattle rustling by one of Chick-fil-A's competitors was just one instance of operators pushing the traditional boundaries of the restaurant business this week.

Financing

Would Wendy’s buy Papa John’s?

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 18, 2018

A report says the two held merger talks before John Schnatter’s resignation, which says a lot about both companies, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Workforce

10 states open investigation into restaurants’ ‘no poaching’ pacts

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 10, 2018

Eight quick-service chains have been asked to provide information on their use of no-hiring agreements.