Author: Danni Santana

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Papa John’s CEO: We Are Still Suffering From Customer Sentiment

3 years ago

At least losses for Papa John's are no longer in the double digits.

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IHOP’s Burger Stunt Led to Its Best Sales Year Since 2015

3 years ago

Increased foot traffic and off-premise sales were other factors behind the brand's resurgence last year. But hats off to IHOP's marketing team.

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Taco Bell Nearly Doubles Television Advertising Spend in January

3 years ago

Last month called for the restaurant industry to recharge its TV marketing efforts after a slow holiday period. Taco Bell just did so better than anyone else.

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Blaze Pizza Gets Ready For an IPO by Taking on Domino’s and Pizza Hut

3 years ago

Blaze Pizza's IPO is not expected for another two years, which is a good thing if the company feels compelled to take on international chains at the their own game –– value meals.

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Yelp Beats Earnings and Predicts Double-Digit Revenue Growth Through 2025

3 years ago

After much shareholder pressure to deliver, Yelp was ready for its moment in the sun after reporting earnings that easily topped Wall Street's estimates.

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Denny’s Growth Is Tied to Modernizing its Stores

3 years ago

There is a lot of truth to the notion that franchisees can run stores better than companies. Denny's, similar to its market competitors, is now banking on this strategy for future growth.

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Grubhub Will Now Power Pizza Hut Delivery

3 years ago

This move makes sense for Pizza Hut, solely because Grubhub already operates the off-premise businesses of sister chains Taco Bell and KFC. So what if its industry pizza rivals with proprietary delivery make fun of it?

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Just Eat Urged to Seek Merger With a Rival

3 years ago

Activist investor Cat Rock is growing more impatient by the day with Just Eat's lack of a CEO appointment. Somewhere Yelp is reading this understanding the UK company's pain.

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Taco Bell and Chipotle Want to Shave Time off Food Deliveries

3 years ago

Thirty-five minutes is entirely too long to deliver fake Mexican food.

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Postmates Files for IPO

3 years ago

Postmates pioneered the food-delivery industry almost a decade ago. Competitor Uber Eats is also expected to go public later this year by way of parent ride-hailing company Uber Technologies.

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Pizza Hut’s Lack of Foot Traffic Plagues Store Sales

3 years ago

Pizza Hut is banking on delivery to get store sales back to where they once were, and it soon may have help from Yum! Brands' official delivery partner, Grubhub.

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Dunkin’s Espresso Rollout Flattens Sales

3 years ago

As a company, is it ever a bad thing to admit you got way ahead of yourself? We don't think so. Dunkin's store expansion and remodeling efforts were very aggressive last quarter. Almost three months in, expect to see more of that advertising it has been promising us.