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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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All eyes are now on California's fast-food restaurants

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2024

The Bottom Line: It’s not certain yet how the $20 wage will impact chain restaurants. But one thing is clear: Most of the companies affected are small businesses that are already facing profit challenges.

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How Wingstop fixed its chicken wing cost problem

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Michael Skipworth, CEO of the chicken chain, joins the Restaurant Business podcast to discuss wings, chicken sandwiches and technology.

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Podcast transcript: Wingstop CEO Michael Skipworth

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 03, 2024

A Deeper Dive: The chief executive of the fast-casual chicken wing chain talks about how his restaurant chain solved the wing cost problem, how chicken sandwiches transformed the business, and the prospects for going 100% digital.

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How Red Lobster got in over its head

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 03, 2024

Leadership problems, a tough economy and all-you-can eat shrimp have brought the nation's biggest full-service seafood chain to the brink of rock bottom.

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Delight Restaurant Group buys 65 Wendy's restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 02, 2024

The Virginia-based operator acquired the restaurants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, making it one of Wendy’s largest franchisees.

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In an uncertain year, investors flock to fast-casual chains

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The Bottom Line: Led by Sweetgreen and Cava, fast-casual restaurants outperformed other sectors. Wall Street rewarded them.

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Dave & Buster's eyes international expansion

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The eatertainment concept signed another international development deal as it pushes to bring its restaurant and games venues to more global markets.

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California throws a wrench into restaurants' value strategies

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 01, 2024

The Bottom Line: The restaurant industry has a traffic problem and consumers are fretting about prices. But the $20 fast-food wage in California makes it difficult to market any kind of value.

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Big Macs aren't McDonald's real inflation story. Instead, look to the Cheeseburger

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

While the focus on restaurant menu price inflation has centered on premium items like the Big Mac, it’s in the smaller items, with fewer deals available, where prices have increased most.

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California cites I Heart Mac and Cheese for franchise violations

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 29, 2024

The state said that the fast-casual restaurant chain of customizable macaroni and cheese bowls failed to provide proper disclosures on its franchise documents. It’s the second state to take action against the business.

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