Jonathan Maze

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FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhy are restaurant chains introducing so many limited-time offers? This week’s episode of the restaurant finance podcast A Deeper Dive features Katie Belflower, manager of menu research and insights with Restaurant Business sister company Technomic. This is part of a series of podcasts we recorded during the recently concluded National Restaurant Association Show.

2 weeks ago | restaurantbusinessonline.com | Jonathan Maze

FacebookTwitterLinkedInHow should marketing change in the era of AI? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Kyle Drenon, the CEO and co-owner of Supper Co., a marketing firm that works with restaurants and other hospitality industries. This is part of a series of podcasts we recorded at the National Restaurant Show last month and it is a good one.

2 weeks ago | restaurantbusinessonline.com | Jonathan Maze

FacebookTwitterLinkedInA Hardee's franchisee out of the Southeast U.S. is suing the brand to stop a termination. | Photo: Shutterstock. A large Hardee’s franchisee that calls itself one of the brand’s most successful operators, though it refuses such modern ideas as third-party delivery, loyalty and dinner hours, is suing the franchisor to prevent the termination of its franchise agreements.

2 weeks ago | restaurantbusinessonline.com | Jonathan Maze

FacebookTwitterLinkedInMcDonald's will close its five remaining CosMc's locations starting next month. | Image courtesy of McDonald's. CosMc’s is dead. Long live CosMc’s. McDonald’s on Friday said that it plans to close stand-alone locations of its beverage test concept starting in late June. It will also discontinue the CosMc’s app. Instead, the fast-food giant plans to introduce beverages “inspired” by the drive-thru drink concept into “hundreds” of McDonald’s locations in an upcoming test.

2 weeks ago | restaurantbusinessonline.com | Jonathan Maze

FacebookTwitterLinkedInBurger King this week introduced the How to Train Your Dragon menu. | Photo courtesy of Burger King. Apparently, when you spruce up your restaurants and improve the way they operate, you can get more families. That, at least, is according to Burger King parent Restaurant Brands International (RBI), whose executives noted that the company has successfully lured more families into its U.S. restaurants—particularly at dinner.