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How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

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Some Taco Bell locations are opting out of breakfast

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 22, 2024

The Mexican fast-food chain said that a “small minority” will opt out of the morning meal in October after the company gave operators the option.

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Have restaurants recovered jobs lost during the pandemic? Maybe not

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 21, 2024

Federal revisions to jobs data suggest that restaurants and bars employ fewer people than initially thought.

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What a potential merger of Circle K and 7-Eleven means for restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 21, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Hannah Hammond, senior editor with Restaurant Business sister publication CSP Daily News, joins the podcast to discuss the growing competition between restaurants and convenience stores.

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A 23-unit Subway franchisee shuts down

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 21, 2024

The sandwich giant terminated the franchise earlier this month, but says it is working to reopen the stores in Washington and Oregon.

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Earnings roundup: Black Rifle Coffee, Steak 'n Shake, Bombshells

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 20, 2024

The second quarter was apparently no kinder to smaller cap public restaurant companies than it was to the big players. Here's a look at three with decidedly mixed results.

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Why activist investors are so interested in restaurants right now

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 20, 2024

The Bottom Line: Sardar Biglari kicked off the latest proxy this week with another one against Cracker Barrel. But it isn’t the only one as shareholders grow antsy with underwhelming stock performances.

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The company that bought Corner Bakery has sued Boston Market

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 20, 2024

SSCP Restaurant Investors, which bought Corner Bakery last year, is accusing former owner Jay Pandya and his Boston Market chain of "shocking, systemic breaches of fiduciary duties."

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Burger King franchisee Sun Holdings acquires Freebirds World Burrito

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 19, 2024

The Austin, Texas-based fast-casual chain has been sold to the owner of Taco Bueno and franchisee of hundreds of restaurants such as Arby’s, Applebee’s, IHOP and Golden Corral.

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Subway and the shadow of the $5 Footlong

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 19, 2024

The Bottom Line: The marketing campaign was one of the most successful in restaurant industry history. But that promotion is stuck in consumers’ memory, making its offers more difficult.

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The owner of Circle K wants to buy the owner of 7-Eleven

By Greg Lindenberg on Aug. 19, 2024

Alimentation Couche-Tard has made an offer to buy Seven & i Holdings, the owner of 7-Eleven, in a deal that would merge the two largest convenience store chains in the country.

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