Jonathan Maze

Just looked at my calendar ... https://t.co/FD8dhMnkUy

Here's the report from @JoeGuszkowski on the cul ... er, restaurant chain known as Dinm Tai Fung: https://t.co/msTkGDoTp1

Jonathan Maze @jonathanmaze

The 10 chains with the highest average unit volumes, per @technomic: 1. Din Tai Fung: $27.42 million 2. Mastro’s Restaurants: $14.52 million 3. Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse: $13.83 million 4. Smith & Wollensky: $13.38 million 5. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille: $13.28

The 10 restaurant chains with the highest AUVs in 2024, non-full-service edition, per @technomic. 1. Portillo's: $8.7 million 2. Chick-fil-A: $7.49 million 3. Raising Cane's (!): $6.56 million 4. In-N-Out: $5.78 million 5. Jollibee: $4.44 million 6. Hattie B's Hot Chicken: $4.4

The 10 chains with the highest average unit volumes, per @technomic: 1. Din Tai Fung: $27.42 million 2. Mastro’s Restaurants: $14.52 million 3. Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse: $13.83 million 4. Smith & Wollensky: $13.38 million 5. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille: $13.28

At some point in the near future, Subway will name a CEO. That CEO will be responsible for the toughest turnaround of a restaurant chain, probably ever.

RT @RonRuggless: On Friday, the August Egg Company recalled 1.7 million dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs, sold under…

Uh … none? https://t.co/Be3lAg36wi

So a friend of mine makes those Welcome signs (and other derivatives) and I naturally opened my big mouth and dared him to make a “Go Away” sign. This is the result. https://t.co/DNJQnsNwTd

Hey remember the fast-casual burger sector? So I generally think the term "fast casual" is unnecessary and badly outdated and nothing quite proves that like the burger sector. Generally, fast-casual burger chains did poorly last year, reflecting overall weakness of the burger https://t.co/KqXEE5Pmgu

Restaurants added 30,200 jobs in May and now account for nearly 12.4 million positions. Hotels added another 1,200 jobs. Economy added 139k jobs. Unemployment rate at 4.2%.

Here's my on this week's podcast, which is with Kyle Drenon on adapting restaurant marketing in an era of AI, which is fascinating and frankly a bit scary. https://t.co/vqpqZl5DH2 https://t.co/tvUoqO86mF

Apparently, @PapaJohns has put the Shaq-a-Roni pizza on its permanent menu. It has previously been a limited-time offer since it was first introduced in 2020. https://t.co/fhMy97OSt2

These Loaded Taco @Doritos taste an awful lot like @tacobell. The Maze Household is unanimous on this point. https://t.co/HWg2gns95Y

McDonald's is bringing back the Snack Wrap on July 10. Long overdue. Could have done this using McNuggets even. Too late for your 2Q sales numbers. Company has released "fan mail" demanding the return of a product that was removed in 2016. $MCD https://t.co/x5bkLH1mtn

Huh. Looks like Sardar Biglari sold more Cracker Barrel stock. Owns just 5.2%. Big made a killing on that investment but not quite the killing he'd have made had he just sold out a couple of years ago. $BH $CBRL