Financing

How your restaurant sales and profits compare to competitors' and what you can do to improve financial performance

Financing

P.F. Chang’s is up for sale

The company has hired advisors and has some interested buyers.

Financing

Investors pour money into restaurants

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

In the dance between operator and investor, here’s how to call the tune.

The chain plans to evolve its marketing and product pipeline and rely a lot more on technology.

The company’s restructuring is expected to cost up to $135 million.

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.

As consumers feel better about their finances, they’re eating out more often.

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

Improving wages and tax cuts are yielding more spending, but consumers' lack of savings makes for a shaky foundation.

The rival growth chains led their sector—and much of the industry.

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