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The Week in Restaurants — 66 episodes

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1

Cracker Barrel sees some quick improvement

2

Can hospitality coexist with AI ordering technology?

3

Why healthy works in restaurants, but only to a point

4

Who was the most relevant restaurant CEO this century?

5

Why Jack in the Box changed its CEO

6

Restaurant sales were all over the place last quarter

7

Is Starbucks really back?

8

Why Jersey Mike's is planning an IPO

9

Why some pizza chains are struggling

10

Another franchisee files for bankruptcy

11

The big problem with Red Lobster

12

Why Nothing Bundt Cakes is worth $2B

13

Why restaurants should watch out for fake news

14

McDonald's tests the limits of value pricing

15

Why the social media burger wars are good for the industry

16

Want more sales? Just add cheese

17

Subway pulls back on its free sub offer

18

Why Red Lobster may close more restaurants

19

How will Chipotle lift itself out of its sales slump?

20

Chili's and Ruby Tuesday are headed in different directions

21

On the bankruptcy of a big Popeyes franchisee

22

What restaurants are expecting from 2026

23

Why Salad and Go is closing restaurants

24

A look at some of the biggest restaurant stories of 2025

25

Cracker Barrel has a tough quarter

26

Is Subway's new loyalty program too generous?

27

How Panera Bread plans to rise again

28

On Sweetgreen’s really tough year

29

Denny's is sold and Pizza Hut hits the market

30

Tariffs are hitting restaurants

31

What we're expecting for the third quarter in restaurants

32

A look at the Del Taco sale

33

Here come more restaurant rebrands

34

A slowing economy is taking its toll on restaurants

35

Is it time to start worrying about Starbucks?

36

On the sudden pullback of Salad and Go

37

Potbelly, RaceTrac and the blurring lines of foodservice

38

A look at the unfulfilled promise of Noodles & Company

39

A wild week for Cracker Barrel

40

Why the value wars will last a few more months

41

Why fast-casual restaurants' sales are slowing

42

Casual dining is beating fast food right now

43

Starbucks makes progress in its turnaround

44

Why Chipotle needs to push more value

45

A potential deal could shake up food distribution

46

Untangling what no tax on tips means for restaurants

47

Value pressure comes to the fast-casual sector

48

Hulkamania is coming for Hooters

49

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

50

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

51

Restaurant chains are pushing more value

52

A black market develops for restaurant reservations

53

Is the plant-based meat trend dead?

54

Two huge technology deals could shake up the restaurant business

55

On a mostly tough set of restaurant chain earnings

56

Why restaurant chains are changing CEOs

57

Another bankruptcy hits Burger King

58

There's a new casual-dining king in town

59

How tariffs and more economic upheaval will affect restaurants

60

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

61

AI is coming for your Taco Bell drive-thru

62

Why Starbucks is redesigning its coffee shops

63

Why On the Border filed for bankruptcy

64

Why Hooters is near bankruptcy

65

Debating KFC's move to Texas

66

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