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Whataburger names Janelle Sykes CFO

The San Antonio-based burger chain also named Sylvester Johnson chief data and analytics officer.

Leadership

Restaurants sit out a new effort to curb gun violence

A sizable swath of the business community is leaning on the Senate to pass potential safeguards, but restaurants are not part of it.

Financing

Texans don’t think much of the Whataburger deal

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 18, 2019

Reaction to the sale in the burger chain’s home state demonstrates why the company is so successful there, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Founding family sells control of Whataburger

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 14, 2019

The Dobsons will become minority investors in the 69-year-old burger chain, with the majority stake held by BDT, a financial institution that specializes in funding family-run businesses.

Financing

Whataburger looks for an investor

By Jonathan Maze on May 09, 2019

The chain is reportedly looking to sell a stake in the business, suggesting the chain may be ready to speed its growth, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Top 500 Chains

Whataburger

May 03, 2019

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.

Marketing

5 restaurant mysteries solved this week

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 16, 2018

The industry now knows what a pile of frozen pizzas were doing inside a Little Caesars, and just how far In-N-Out intends to grow beyond its California roots.

Leadership

Employees’ favorite restaurant CEO: In-N-Out’s Lynsi Snyder

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 22, 2018

The 36-year-old is one of four restaurant chiefs on Glassdoor.com’s newly published ranking of big-company executives, rated by their approval among subordinates.

Top 500 Chains

Whataburger

Jun. 19, 2018
Marketing

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Reviewed and rated

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 15, 2018

What’s more likely to turn heads, the next chapter in Burgerville’s union dealings, or the fourth bun-related restaurant closure of the week? Check out these and the industry’s other jaw-dropping developments of recent days.

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