Marketing
Olive Garden launches a holiday merchandise collection starring its iconic cheese graters
Marketing Bites: Olive Garden, Sonic and Jimmy John’s launch holiday merchandise collections. Velvet Taco is giving away free tacos for a year to one lucky diner. And Wendy’s brings back its Frosty Key Tag fundraiser.
Financing
Remodels, a pandemic and Brazil led to the bankruptcy of a Wendy's franchisee
Starboard Group, the Wendy’s franchisee that sought debt protection this week, said a number of factors converged that led to the filing, including a failed Brazilian joint venture.