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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Restaurant Business

20, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Consumers are finding value in casual-dining brands like Olive Garden. The chain has kept its menu prices lower than inflation, and it has invested in other limited-time specials, such as its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl, in an effort to appeal to price-conscious consumers.

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C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. And fast-food customers

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Continue to Site >>> Menu C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Not quite yet An easy way to bring bold Korean flavors to modern menus From BBQ to beverages, menus are seeing a lot of action Food C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Photo: Shutterstock Made-to-order food, value offerings, loyalty programs.

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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. Sign up here.

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

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Hart joins food-and-games investment company Emerging The Chicago-based company is behind Puttshack, F1 Arcade, Flight Club and the upcoming Poolhouse. 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.

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Week in Review: Din Tai Fung’s jaw-dropping AUVs, Krispy Kreme exits Insomnia, Starbucks operations

Restaurant Business

The fast-food franchisor is asking a federal court to sign off on its decision to terminate Paradigm Investment Group’s franchise agreement. Private-equity firm Savory Fund made a major investment in casual-dining chain Hawkers Asian Street Food. million last year, that’s more than double the next closest chain. Sign up here.

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Wendy's CEO Kirk Tanner resigns

Restaurant Business

Since then, Wendy’s has dealt with an economy that has turned unfriendly to fast-food chains, particularly those that specialize in burgers. In taking the position with Hershey’s, Tanner returns to the consumer-packaged goods business. “We Wendy’s named Ken Cook interim CEO. By Jonathan Maze on Jul. Photo: Shutterstock.

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How this entrepreneur's bagel runs became a business

Restaurant Business

She’s a former New Yorker and he’s originally from New Jersey, and there just weren’t a lot of good bagel shops near their home in Central Florida. Jeff would make bagel runs to find one good enough for his wife, often driving a great distance, he said. Finally, his wife said, “Why don’t you learn how to make bagels?”