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Jonathan Maze

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Financing

Dave & Buster's eyes international expansion

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

Financing

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

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

Leadership

Swig's CEO is leaving the company

No reason was given for the departure of Rian McCartan. Alex Dunn, managing partner of the beverage chain’s owner The Larry Miller Co., was named interim CEO.

Financing

California cites I Heart Mac and Cheese for franchise violations

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

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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Bob Evans puts itself on the market

The family dining restaurant chain has hired an investment bank to look for a buyer, after having considered a sale in 2022.

Financing

In the Benihana deal, a sign of the restaurant M&A times

The Bottom Line: The venerable Japanese steakhouse chain fetched a modest multiple in its sale to The One Group. But that’s where values have fallen these days.

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How to modernize a 50-year-old pizza chain

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the RB podcast features Tom Sacco, CEO of the Iowa-based pizza chain Happy Joe’s, on adapting the brand for today’s restaurant diners.

Financing

Minor league baseball players indicted for insider trading on the 2022 Del Taco sale

Jordan Qsar, Grant Witherspoon, Chase Lambert and Austin Bernard were accused of trading stocks after learning that the Mexican restaurant chain would be sold to Jack in the Box.

Marketing

6 major restaurant marketing flops

Marketing is vital for restaurant chains. But when a key strategy fails, the result can sometimes spell disaster. Here are six ideas over the past decade that failed.

Financing

McDonald's adds doughnuts, and some uncertainty, to the menu

The Bottom Line: Krispy Kreme gets a massive win with its McDonald's doughnut deal. But the payoff is less certain, and a long way off, for the fast-food restaurant chain.

Marketing

McDonald's is taking its Krispy Kreme partnership national

The fast-food giant said it plans a phased rollout of Krispy Kreme doughnuts at its restaurants across the country by the end of 2026.

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