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Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants. He writes daily about the factors influencing the operating environment, including labor and food costs and various industry trends such as technology and delivery.

Jonathan has been widely quoted in media publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post and has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance and NPR. He writes a weekly finance-focused newsletter for Restaurant Business, The Bottom Line, and is the host of the weekly podcast “A Deeper Dive.”

Articles by
Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Restaurant buyers have little interest in actual restaurants

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

Financing

Struggling Topgolf to be spun off

Topgolf Callaway Brands said it plans to separate into two companies just four years after it acquired the eatertainment chain.

Financing

Value and cups appear to be helping McDonald's regain customers

Surveys and traffic data suggest that the Chicago-based fast-food chain has improved its results in recent weeks, thanks to a value meal and Collectors’ Cups.

Financing

The story behind the fast-growing sandwich chain Cheba Hut

A Deeper Dive: CEO Marc Torres joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about how the chain keeps customers after its pot-themed marketing gets them in the door.

Financing

Most customers think restaurants are getting expensive

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.

Leadership

Ed Nelson is retiring as Whataburger CEO

COO Debbie Stroud will take over for the longtime executive at the end of the year when Nelson will end a 20-year career with the San Antonio, Texas-based fast-food chain.

Financing

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

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.

Financing

BurgerFi gets a delisting notice

Another director resigned from the board of the fast-casual restaurant chain operator, which is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Leadership

Why so many restaurant chains are changing CEOs right now

Nearly a quarter of public restaurant companies have hired new chief executives this year amid weak sales and stock price performance.

Financing

Starbucks is sued over its bad earnings results

A shareholder has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the coffee shop giant of making overly rosy projections late last year before its sales, particularly in China, turned starkly south.

Financing

Tim Hortons' sales take a big hit in China

The coffee chain, which had been expanding aggressively in the country, has seen sales plunge there amid growing competition.

Financing

Fast-casual burger chains run into sales problems

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.

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