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Restaurants' appetite for cryptocurrency is growing

 By Joe Guszkowski on May 07, 2021

Some view digital currency as the payment of the future, and it promises better security and lower fees. But will anyone have the stomach to actually invest in it?

Financing

Why restaurants can’t find workers right now

 By Jonathan Maze on May 07, 2021

A Subway franchisee helps explain the challenge in finding workers, and the impact it is having on their business, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Pizza chains expect to keep a lot of their pandemic sales

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2021

Domino’s and Papa John’s both believe they can keep growing sales even as comparisons get tough, and say they have advertising dollars to spend, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Restaurant CEOs got lower salaries but higher pay last year

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2021

But the pandemic managed to keep pay packages for the industry in check and below average for public company chief executives.

Financing

As restaurant stocks soar, IPOs become an option again

By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2021

Shares in restaurant chains have taken off this year as sales recover across the board, and going public suddenly becomes an option again, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

Rib Crib’s CEO goes from gridiron to c-suite

By Jonathan Maze on May 05, 2021

Garrett Mills played in the NFL for six years. But his next play will be to take the casual dining barbecue chain national.

Workforce

Late-night labor challenges slow Denny's rebound

By Peter Romeo on May 05, 2021

Two-thirds of the chain's restaurants can't find enough workers to stay open all night, hurting its sales recovery in the process.

Financing

Sysco says that independents have recovered in some markets

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2021

The big distributor said that reopened markets are seeing sales above 2019 levels, a strong indication of recovery for the hard-hit sector, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Operations

Subway franchisees question new melt sandwiches

By Jonathan Maze on May 04, 2021

The brand’s franchise association said it “cannot endorse” the sandwiches given concerns about safety and broken toasters.

Financing

China gives Tim Hortons a warm welcome

By Jonathan Maze on May 03, 2021

The Canadian coffee-and-doughnuts chain already has 200 locations in the country and new investors as it looks to further its global expansion.

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