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The Week in Restaurants — 60 episodes

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Is Starbucks really back?

2

Why Jersey Mike's is planning an IPO

3

Why some pizza chains are struggling

4

Another franchisee files for bankruptcy

5

The big problem with Red Lobster

6

Why Nothing Bundt Cakes is worth $2B

7

Why restaurants should watch out for fake news

8

McDonald's tests the limits of value pricing

9

Why the social media burger wars are good for the industry

10

Want more sales? Just add cheese

11

Subway pulls back on its free sub offer

12

Why Red Lobster may close more restaurants

13

How will Chipotle lift itself out of its sales slump?

14

Chili's and Ruby Tuesday are headed in different directions

15

On the bankruptcy of a big Popeyes franchisee

16

What restaurants are expecting from 2026

17

Why Salad and Go is closing restaurants

18

A look at some of the biggest restaurant stories of 2025

19

Cracker Barrel has a tough quarter

20

Is Subway's new loyalty program too generous?

21

How Panera Bread plans to rise again

22

On Sweetgreen’s really tough year

23

Denny's is sold and Pizza Hut hits the market

24

Tariffs are hitting restaurants

25

What we're expecting for the third quarter in restaurants

26

A look at the Del Taco sale

27

Here come more restaurant rebrands

28

A slowing economy is taking its toll on restaurants

29

Is it time to start worrying about Starbucks?

30

On the sudden pullback of Salad and Go

31

Potbelly, RaceTrac and the blurring lines of foodservice

32

A look at the unfulfilled promise of Noodles & Company

33

A wild week for Cracker Barrel

34

Why the value wars will last a few more months

35

Why fast-casual restaurants' sales are slowing

36

Casual dining is beating fast food right now

37

Starbucks makes progress in its turnaround

38

Why Chipotle needs to push more value

39

A potential deal could shake up food distribution

40

Untangling what no tax on tips means for restaurants

41

Value pressure comes to the fast-casual sector

42

Hulkamania is coming for Hooters

43

A look at Din Tai Fung's eye-popping average unit volumes

44

How Dave's Hot Chicken became a $1B brand in 8 years

45

Restaurant chains are pushing more value

46

A black market develops for restaurant reservations

47

Is the plant-based meat trend dead?

48

Two huge technology deals could shake up the restaurant business

49

On a mostly tough set of restaurant chain earnings

50

Why restaurant chains are changing CEOs

51

Another bankruptcy hits Burger King

52

There's a new casual-dining king in town

53

How tariffs and more economic upheaval will affect restaurants

54

Why Bar Louie joined the growing ranks of casual-dining bankruptcies

55

AI is coming for your Taco Bell drive-thru

56

Why Starbucks is redesigning its coffee shops

57

Why On the Border filed for bankruptcy

58

Why Hooters is near bankruptcy

59

Debating KFC's move to Texas

60

In-N-Out's move to Tennessee, earnings season, and the potential sale of Dave's Hot Chicken