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

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Score more fans through food shipments

 By Julianne Pepitone on Aug. 11, 2016

Concepts can expand their customer base by shipping signature foods nationwide. But logistics such as quality control and the expense pose a high entry barrier.

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Setting revenue benchmarks

 By Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D. on Aug. 31, 2017

Breaking the numbers into small increments can help operators set realistic goals, Advice Guy says.

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Traffic plummets at Taco Cabana, Pollo Tropical

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 06, 2017

The chains' declines deepened their parent's losses to $8.5 million for the third quarter.

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Outback co-founder leaves Bloomin’ Brands

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 11, 2017

Chris Sullivan, who helped start the steakhouse, resigns from parent company’s board.

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Sonic expects big tax savings

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 05, 2018

The chain expects as much as a 10-percentage-point improvement in its tax rate, thanks to reform.

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Robert Earl takes an interest in Bravo Brio

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 30, 2018

The founder of Planet Hollywood is now an activist investor in the casual-dining operator, The Bottom Line says.

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Cracker Barrel puts its hope in catering

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 20, 2018

The family-dining chain is confident in the future of its takeout business.

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Bravo Brio to be sold to GP Investments for $100M

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 08, 2018

The owner of Bravo Cucina Italiana and Brio Tuscan Grille will be acquired in an all-cash deal.

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Restaurant brand culture matters: Tim Hortons’ problems in Canada tell us why

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 12, 2018

Restaurant Brands International is getting resistance from the chain’s operators that it didn’t get with Burger King, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

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This week’s 6 head-spinning moments: Sales therapies

By Peter Romeo on May 12, 2017

Cheesecake Factory says it has a second fast-casual venture in the works, Dunkin' convenes a workforce Woodstock, Noodles clears the table and McDonald's touts its merits as a first job.

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