Zoes Kitchen

Why restaurant chains aren’t going public right now

By Jonathan Maze on May 29, 2018

Weak sales and poor stock performance are conspiring to create another dry spell for restaurant IPOs, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Operations

Re-creating kitchens for the digital boom

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2017

Kitchen recasts are accounting for a large part of chains’ capex budgets for 2017. The aim of the moment is to boost throughput and capitalize on off-premise demand.

Top 500 Chains

Zoes Kitchen

Jun. 12, 2017

The Mediterranean fast casual began testing third-party delivery

Financing

4 takeaways from restaurants’ Q3 earnings season

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 14, 2017

A look at the reports for public companies reveals some definite directional arrows for the industry as a whole.

Operations

Zoes tweaks ops, menu in new prototype

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 16, 2018

The revised format features a special to-go area and a new beverage line.

Leadership

Get to know life services expert Laurie beth Jensen

By Kelly Killian on Jul. 15, 2014

With one foot in HR and the other in marketing, Jensen has the express job of making employees feel good about their positions at Zoës Kitchen, the Plano, Texas-based Mediterranean fast casual with more than 110 units

10 takeaways from RLC

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 04, 2015

Over four days and almost three dozen general and breakout sessions, attendees of the Restaurant Leadership Conference were treated to experiences and insights that extended far beyond business.