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Restaurant Business Executive Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants. He writes daily about the factors influencing the operating environment, including labor and food costs and various industry trends such as technology and delivery.

Jonathan has been widely quoted in media publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post and has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance and NPR. He writes a weekly finance-focused newsletter for Restaurant Business, The Bottom Line, and is the host of the weekly podcast “A Deeper Dive.”

Financing

10 ways restaurants have changed since the Great Recession

 By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 10, 2018

With a decade past since the downturn, RB’s The Bottom Line takes a look at how the industry has grown and changed.

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Restaurant job growth keeps slowing

 By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 06, 2018

The industry added just 16,400 jobs in June, and here’s why that’s a good thing, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Investors pour money into restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 02, 2018

Stocks are up more than 12% on average as the industry shows signs of life, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Millennials are becoming parents, and that has big implications for restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 27, 2018

Some 60 million young adults are set to have kids over the next decade, and nothing changes behavior quite like children, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Why slow restaurant sales are here to stay

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 26, 2018

Too many units and competitors, and a changing consumer, mean slow growth will be here for a while, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Are the good times over for chains?

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 25, 2018

Chain restaurants’ slowing growth reveals a saturated industry that could lose funding in the future.

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Darden’s Gene Lee shows casual dining how it’s done

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 22, 2018

Olive Garden’s owner has thrived by simply focusing on doing a good job at its restaurants, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Why Starbucks is suddenly struggling

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 20, 2018

The chain has too many stores and has raised prices too aggressively, and bad PR hasn’t helped, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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O’Charley’s owner is splitting up

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 19, 2018

In a bid for simplicity, Ninety Nine Restaurants, O’Charley’s are splitting from Village Inn and Bakers Square, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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Which chain will Cheesecake Factory buy?

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 14, 2018

An analyst suggests the company could buy upscale chain North Italia from Fox Restaurant Group, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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