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A Deeper Dive

"A Deeper Dive" is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today, hosted by Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze.

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Menu Talk

“Menu Feed”, formally Menu Feed, is a weekly podcast hosted by Pat Cobe of Restaurant Business and Bret Thorn with Nation’s Restaurant News.

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Restaurant Rewind

"Restaurant Rewind" is a weekly podcast hosted by Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo as he looks at the people, concepts and trends that helped create the restaurant industry as we know it today.

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Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

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Financing

Investors regain their taste for Sweetgreen

The Bottom Line: The salad chain’s stock rose 34% on Friday after sales and profitability were better than expected. The company’s shares are above its IPO price for the first time in two years.

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Here's a business tool to keep restaurant executives employed after a tough Q1

Reality Check: The first 3 months of 2024 weren’t easy on restaurant chains, but spin-doctoring proved to be. Indeed, there must have been a run on shovels.

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Food

The Taiwanese wheel cake may just become the next cronut

Behind the Menu: Money Cake opens in New York, tempting pastry fans with the waffle-cream puff hybrid.

Restaurant service charges are suddenly everywhere. What gives?

Labor Pains

Top 500 Chains

The Reinvention of Starbucks

Future 50 2023

Same-Store Sales Tracker

Technology

Payment processor Shift4 to acquire Revel Systems for $250M

Shift4 said the deal would create cross-sell opportunities for its payments and POS businesses. It brings together two of the industry's biggest suppliers.

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Financing

Here's a business tool to keep restaurant executives employed after a tough Q1

Reality Check: The first 3 months of 2024 weren’t easy on restaurant chains, but spin-doctoring proved to be. Indeed, there must have been a run on shovels.

Technology

McDonald's is making a massive investment in digital marketing

The fast-food giant is shifting spending to digital marketing and plans to invest “hundreds of millions” into digital innovation, including new ordering channels, personalization and loyalty.

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Restaurant Business Migration

Featured News

Federal prosecutors accuse Andy Wiederhorn of misusing company funds

Recent Stories

AI has arrived in restaurants. But what is it, exactly?

Barbecue sauces add regional flavor, bold taste to comfort food favorites

McDonald’s, looking to boost traffic, considers a $5 value meal

Investors regain their taste for Sweetgreen

Federal prosecutors accuse Andy Wiederhorn of misusing company funds

Earnings roundup: One Group, Topgolf, Potbelly, Chuy's, PFG, Bombshells, Olo, Toast

Playing the reservation game

Yes, restaurants should remove the tendon from their chicken tenders

McDonald's is making a massive investment in digital marketing

Are consumers ordering less delivery? It depends on who you ask

Red Lobster owner expects to sell its share of the chain this year