Shake Shack

This week’s 5 head-spinning revelations: How Danny Meyer makes Shake Shack hum

A privately owned chain with $5.4 million in profits is about to sell 45 percent of itself to the public for at least $80 million, and that chain sadly isn’t yours. Unless your name is Danny Meyer.

Marketing

3 trendlettes we’re watching for June

Three major U.S. restaurant chains are giving their social media and loyalty programs a twist. Will those changes be brilliant, or a bust?

He’s built an empire putting employees first. Now that Danny Meyer has taken Shake Shack public, will shareholders be OK with staying in the backseat?

The fall in restaurant sales and traffic hasn’t been a lowering tide, as these higher-floating players prove.

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