Sam Oches
Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief at Nation's Restaurant News
Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief at Restaurant Hospitality
Host at Extra Serving
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1 week ago |
nrn.com | Sam Oches |Alicia Kelso |Leigh Anne Zinsmeister
+1Sam Oches, Alicia Kelsoand 1 moreOn this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso recap the week in Q1 earnings reports, which saw results from companies like Yum Brands, Brinker, McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Wendy’s. They start with the bad: Many chains, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Starbucks, experienced negative sales and traffic as consumers tightened their belts in a shaky economy.
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2 weeks ago |
nrn.com | Sam Oches
In 2008, Shannon Allen seemed to have it all: She had a singing and acting career, and she was married to Ray Allen, a professional basketball player who was part of the NBA champion Boston Celtics that year (and later ushered into the NBA Hall of Fame). But that year, her toddler son Walker was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and finding healthy foods he could eat while constantly on the go became a challenge. In response, Shannon Allen began exploring the world of healthy and organic foods.
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2 weeks ago |
nrn.com | Sam Oches |Alicia Kelso
Plus, Jack in the Box mulls Del Taco’s futureOn this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss Chipotle’s first-quarter earnings, in which both sales and traffic were down.
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3 weeks ago |
nrn.com | Sam Oches
Dan DiZio has been in the pretzel business since he was in middle school — seriously. The founder of Philly Pretzel Factory started helping a neighbor sell pretzels on the street when he was 11 and became so good at it that he secretly skipped school throughout the ninth grade to build his business (he was caught and repeated the grade).
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3 weeks ago |
nrn.com | Sam Oches
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