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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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Winners and losers from the most recent round of earnings

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 15, 2024

The Bottom Line: Wingstop, Burger King franchisees and robots were the big winners. But maybe count out dynamic pricing for a while.

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Subway's franchisee association signals a more aggressive stance

 By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 14, 2024

The North American Association of Subway Franchisees said it has hired Robert Zarco, signaling a different tack in its relationship with the franchisor.

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Here's where restaurant menu prices are increasing the most

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 13, 2024

Average price increases rose 4% over the past year, according to Technomic. But restaurants raised prices more for proteins and less for sides and alcohol. And cold coffee beverage prices took off.

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Starbucks now has more global locations than Subway

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 13, 2024

The coffee shop chain, which added some 3,000 locations worldwide last year, is now the second-most prolific restaurant chain in the world.

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What Corner Bakery's new owners saw in the brand

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 13, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Chris Dharod, CEO of the fast-casual chain, joins the podcast to discuss its comeback from last year’s bankruptcy filing.

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Restaurant menu price inflation eased last month

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 12, 2024

Prices at fast-food and casual-dining restaurants slowed as costs eased and concern mounted about slow industry traffic.

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How can brands win back lower-income consumers?

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 11, 2024

The Bottom Line: People making $50,000 or less have cut back on dining as prices have soared. But that group remains an important source of industry traffic.

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Boston Market is down to 27 restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 11, 2024

The owner of the rotisserie chicken chain also had his second bankruptcy filing terminated over technical issues, and this time is banned from filing another one.

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Federal judge strikes down new joint employer rules

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 11, 2024

One business day before the new standard was to be adopted, a federal judge sided with the franchise industry and blocked adoption, saying the update goes too far.

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Revamped loyalty program drives sales at Potbelly

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 08, 2024

The sandwich chain said its fast-growing digital business is shifting customers away from third-party channels, with loyalty membership growing nearly 90% during the fourth quarter.

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