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From acqui-hire to vaporware: The new restaurant tech ABCs

Restaurant Business

For fast-food restaurants, where every second counts, this could be a particularly valuable tool, especially as more transactions come through digital channels. technology News Tech Check Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Panera Bread brings in a transformation strategist to aid its turnaround

Restaurant Business

Fast-casual Panera Bread has been going through significant change over the past two years, with multiple board and leadership changes. News leadership Fast_Casual Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts.

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How this entrepreneur's bagel runs became a business

Restaurant Business

The families became fast friends. News Emerging Brands franchising Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts. She reached out. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

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Former Red Robin CEO G.J. Hart joins food-and-games investment company Emerging

Restaurant Business

The growth capital firm behind the food-and-games brands Puttshack, F1 Arcade and Flight Club has added more restaurant industry firepower to its leadership team. brings unmatched expertise and a proven track record of leadership across some of the most well-known brands in the restaurant industry,” said Focht, in a statement.

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MRM Research Roundup: AI Investment Heating Up and Summer Dining Dos and Don’ts

Modern Restaurant Management

Benefit expectations vary by restaurant type: For example, respondents from casual dining restaurants hope to achieve a significantly greater benefit in enhancing customer experience (60 percent) compared to those in the quick service, fast casual and café segments (48 percent). Regionally, differences arose.

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Does Chipotle have a structural problem? Probably not

Restaurant Business

Probably not The Bottom Line: The fast-casual Mexican chain remains a shockingly good value and its first-quarter sales slowdown was not out of the ordinary. Among fast-casual chains, the slowdown was more pronounced. None of this isn’t to say that there aren’t potential issues with the fast-casual chain.

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Spinoffs of the TikTok-famous Dubai Chocolate Bar surge on chain restaurant menus

Restaurant Business

And fast-food customers Chef Jonathon Sawyer discusses his Chicago restaurant, Kindling, and his latest TV appearance Are we reaching peak chicken tender saturation on menus? Since the menu at this fast-casual chain is rooted in Mediterranean flavors, this dessert is not a big culinary stretch. Photo courtesy of Nick the Greek.

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