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Marketing

How a summer of bold marketing fueled a comeback at Chili's

 By Joe Guszkowski on Sep. 05, 2024

An attack on the Big Mac and a pair of viral TikTok trends helped make Chili’s cool again. Now the challenge will be keeping it that way.

Financing

Restaurant buyers have little interest in actual restaurants

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 05, 2024

The Bottom Line: There is a clear line in what restaurant chain buyers want right now. They want franchisors, not the restaurants themselves.

Financing

Most customers think restaurants are getting expensive

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 04, 2024

The Bottom Line: A pair of studies by Revenue Management Solutions provide a sobering look at the views of consumers on restaurant prices and their dining habits.

Workforce

Want happy restaurant employees? How's a relocation to Sweden sound?

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 04, 2024

Reality Check: New research shows how far the U.S. industry still has to go in improving its image—and what a difference an upgrade could make when it comes to retention.

Financing

Why it's so hard to revitalize a bankrupt restaurant chain

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 03, 2024

The Bottom Line: A host of investment companies have been snapping up restaurant companies at bargain prices. Getting them back into growth mode is the hard part.

Food

Quick-service chains are turbocharging menu innovation to drive traffic. It’s working

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 30, 2024

Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Blaze Pizza are pushing new products out of the pipeline at a fast and frequent clip to excite younger guests and bring more of them through the doors.

Financing

Fast-casual burger chains run into sales problems

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 29, 2024

The Bottom Line: Habit’s sales are falling and the chain just rebranded. Shake Shack is closing locations. BurgerFi is being sold on the discount rack. Here's what to make of it all.

Financing

Pandemic aftershocks keep hitting restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 27, 2024

The Bottom Line: Sales challenges and bankruptcy filings are the latest seismic repercussions for restaurant chains.

Emerging Brands

How Angie's Food Concepts aims to become the Walmart of restaurants

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 27, 2024

Fast food has an affordability problem and Tony Christofellis, who co-founded the Salad and Go chain, believes he knows how to fix it.

Technology

Dynamic pricing is a case of right place, wrong time

By Joe Guszkowski on Aug. 27, 2024

Tech Check: Consumers are too on edge right now for restaurants to mess with pricing. It’s a shame, because the industry could use the boost.

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