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How Popeyes changed the chicken business

 By Jonathan Maze on May 17, 2024

How did a once-struggling, regional bone-in chicken chain overtake KFC, the formerly dominant player in the U.S. market? With a fixation on sandwiches and many more new restaurants.

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Get ready for a summertime value war

 By Jonathan Maze on May 17, 2024

The Bottom Line: With more customers opting to eat at home, rather than at restaurants, more fast-food chains will start pushing value this summer.

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Here's the big problem with all these $5 meal deals

By Jonathan Maze on May 15, 2024

The Bottom Line: With McDonald’s planning a $5 value meal of its own, more brands are already jumping onto the bandwagon. But not everybody will pay $5.

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Inside Chili's quest to craft a value-priced burger that could take on McDonald's

By Patricia Cobe on May 15, 2024

Behind the Menu: How the casual-dining chain smashes expectations with a winning combination of familiarity and price with its new Big Smasher burger.

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What did the Starbucks CEO expect?

By Jonathan Maze on May 14, 2024

The Bottom Line: Howard Schultz needed just one bad quarter to make public his displeasure with the coffee shop chain. But the stage was set for that two years ago.

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AI has arrived in restaurants. But what is it, exactly?

By Joe Guszkowski on May 10, 2024

Questions abound about this new-to-the-industry technology. Here’s a look at what we know about artificial intelligence, and what we don’t.

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Here's a business tool to keep restaurant executives employed after a tough Q1

By Peter Romeo on May 10, 2024

Reality Check: The first three months of 2024 weren’t easy on restaurant chains, but spin-doctoring proved to be. Indeed, there must have been a run on shovels.

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Investors regain their taste for Sweetgreen

By Jonathan Maze on May 10, 2024

The Bottom Line: The salad chain’s stock rose 34% on Friday after sales and profitability were better than expected. The company’s shares are above its IPO price for the first time in two years.

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Are consumers ordering less delivery? It depends on who you ask

By Joe Guszkowski on May 09, 2024

Tech Check: There are signs that demand is slowing. But some are finding the convenience too good to quit.

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The Taiwanese wheel cake may just become the next cronut

By Patricia Cobe on May 09, 2024

Behind the Menu: Money Cake opens in New York, tempting pastry fans with the waffle-cream puff hybrid.

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