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Author: Danni Santana

Food

New York Restaurants Grapple With Unexpected CBD Ban

3 years ago

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's rollout of its CBD ban has been called both vague and sneaky by restaurant operators across New York City. But what's really confusing for business owners is having to hear about new regulations via media reports, instead of documentation from the governing entity.

Chains

Panera Bread Ends Its Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

3 years ago

While it's noble to raise awareness about hunger in the U.S., having customers pay what they choose for lunch is not the smartest way to go about it from a business perspective. Panera Bread knows that now.

Chains

Why Papa John’s Could Become the Next Olive Garden

3 years ago

The Starboard-backed pizza chain is in need of stark changes just like Olive Garden was in 2014. But in Papa John's case, all problems lead back to founder John Schnatter.

Chains

Papa John’s Accepts $200 Million Investment From Activist Hedge Fund

3 years ago

The struggling pizza chain did not fancy offers from third parties willing to purchase it outright, but for $200 million, it's willing to make Starboard's CEO the chairman of the company.

Independents

Starbucks Rival Luckin Coffee Considers U.S. IPO

3 years ago

Is Luckin Coffee coming to America? Probably not in the near term. But an IPO would offer the startup extra capital to burn through to build the thousands of more stores it has planned.

Chains

Pizza Delivery Is the Real Competition Over Super Bowl Weekend

3 years ago

It's the biggest pizza day of the year, but no pizza chain wants to spend top dollar for TV advertisements during the Super Bowl. Instead, companies have other plans to bring customers to their stores.

People

Innovative Restaurateurs: Sam Fox Aims to Double the Size of His Empire by 2022

3 years ago

Sam Fox has always been a big deal out west. Now, he’s ready to replicate that success in new markets across the country.

Chains

Chili’s Bets Big on Its New Value Menu

3 years ago

Chili's isn't all too concerned with converting value-focused customers into higher spenders at this point. The company is choosing to ride out the foot traffic momentum, at a time when many restaurants are struggling with the metric.

Chains

Starbucks Runs Into Early Troubles With Uber Eats Partnership

3 years ago

There are a couple of ways Starbucks Delivers could go wrong. First is Starbucks' efforts are tied to two completely different companies. The possibility also remains that by growing its store footprint too quickly in the U.S. and China, the chain could be shooting itself in the foot.

Chains

Starbucks Earnings Suggest It Is Unfazed by New Competition

3 years ago

The coffee chain beat analysts' estimates across the board on Thursday. Perhaps it is not growing as fast as we originally predicted.

Tech

Munchery Shuts Down Abruptly After Multiple Service and Staff Cuts

3 years ago

In the end, Munchery taught all startups a valuable lesson: Make sure you have a profitable business model before expanding quickly.

Chains

McDonald’s Adds Another Wrinkle to Franchisee Remodeling Plans

3 years ago

We agree with the franchisees: paying for a dividing wall between the counter and kitchen is ridiculous, especially as more restaurants adopt open kitchen concepts.

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