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The share purchase proposal involves an existing Wendy’s operator and the chain’s franchise financing.

Traffic and margins rose at company-owned Chili’s restaurants. Annual labor figures explain how sales growth spreads costs.

September feedlot flows fell; inventory barely changed year-over-year.

New Census benchmarks shrink the estimated market but leave the 2026 growth forecast intact.

U.S. food-service sales reached $92.9 billion in September. Earlier results at McDonald’s and Wendy’s show how larger checks can support sales and cushion rising costs.

Limited-service annual inflation held at 3.2% as grocery inflation slowed to 1.8%. BLS also reported a monthly decline in real earnings.

Higher supply-chain gross profit and royalties explain the pizza franchisor’s third-quarter operating-income increase.

September’s reported sales-growth gap was 4.88 percentage points.

The proposal would replace seven planned closures with closures elsewhere, Fast Company reports.

Boulder’s October report puts corporate and franchisee property asking yields 97 basis points apart, with separate comparisons by lease term.

Completed restaurant transfers preceded Red Robin’s five-year refinancing. Its pricing and coverage tests account for debt and rent.

ezCater's Online Ordering service connects restaurant websites to a branded catering checkout and lets restaurants export their own customer records.

The chain is seeking a buyer or new investment through a proposed process that could preserve leases and beverage permits.

New reports show rising grain prices and easing U.S. wholesale beef.

Digi’s planned acquisition would bring Disruptive Technologies into its SmartSense business.

The updated SBA manual separates initial acquisitions from qualifying expansions, ties earnings reviews to the business purchase price and sets conditions for equity contributions.

The Association forecasts 0.5% growth in real disposable income for 2026. Its separately released survey describes restaurant use and spending choices.

Fast Company reports planned closures as Meritage’s bankruptcy proceedings continue.

The first five openings are anticipated in fiscal 2027.

Starbucks estimates $300 million in restructuring charges and lowers its global net-opening forecast to about 440.

Rent relief and capital backing would help fund restaurant upgrades.

7 Brew won the August 31 auction for 72 closed Salad and Go leases. Dutch Bros declined to raise its bid. The court has not approved the sale.

The Wendy’s operator is seeking financing and court approval for employee payments.

Brinker’s development plans pair new restaurants with remodel investment. It forecast fiscal 2027 capital spending of $265 million to $285 million.

The platform connects royalty invoices and payments.

WOWorks ties franchise fee reductions, refunds and royalty relief to development commitments. Operators need to put the incentives on the same calendar as their openings.

Comparable sales rose 2.3% as Jersey Mike’s expanded, while advertising timing and corporate costs complicate the second-quarter profit comparison.

Wendy’s August capital decision lowers its quarterly payout while a cash-flow reconciliation and prior guidance clarify what remains undecided.

QBG’s latest sales ranking sits alongside a documented expansion of field leadership, training capacity and new-store opening support.

NDCP’s July extension runs through 2056. Original 2012 documents explain how consolidation and purchasing savings were intended to support flat pricing.

Wingstop quantified how development offset weaker comparable sales in Q2. The calculation explains corporate growth without establishing franchisee profit.

Jersey Mike's priced a roughly $1 billion offer. About $317 million gross would come from new company shares, with debt repayment among the intended uses.

Domino's July results separate 26 net U.S. openings from refranchising in Virginia and Michigan, explaining the shift in company-store revenue.

Freddy’s advertises a lower starting investment for in-line restaurants. Earlier formats show how that comparison depends on the service channels included.

Local Favorite’s acquisition adds Cotton Patch’s 46-location business and gives its CEO responsibility for a combined 99-restaurant portfolio.

Darden's extra week complicates the sales comparison. Operators need consistent trading periods and restaurant populations.

Two pending packages cover 86 restaurants and $72.5 million in consideration. Their financing impact depends on closings and net proceeds.

Cracker Barrel’s June outlook improved, but adjusted earnings remained below last year. Its filing separates traffic, retail margins and a litigation gain.

An earlier 85-store transfer explains most of the company-restaurant revenue decline. Comparable sales and North America commissary figures need separate readings.

Sweetgreen reports $125.8 million in net income and a $34.3 million operating loss. Its filings distinguish the Spyce gain, sale cash and continued technology access.

The first-quarter reconciliation shows how stronger restaurant contribution can coexist with a company operating loss, and which costs sit between them.

Systemwide same-shop transactions grew 5.1% in Q1, while company-shop gross margin fell to 20%. Coffee, food and rent weighed on costs.

Higher sales and better restaurant margins coexist with falling comparable traffic and a wider net loss in First Watch’s first quarter.

Delivery supplied about 54% of company sales in Q1. Rider costs squeezed restaurant margin, while corporate cost savings helped operating margin rise.

North American revenue rose $421.1 million while operating income fell $68.4 million. A constant-margin comparison helps explain the size of the gap.

The distributor’s margin, a store’s invoice and a franchisee’s profit-sharing credit measure different parts of the same supply relationship.

Taco Bell projected 300-plus Cantinas by 2022. About 50 exist in 2026. The gap between ambition and reality reveals why alcohol's 80% gross margins don't translate to QSR profits at scale, and why the real beverage opportunity is non-alcoholic.

Brian Niccol's Back to Starbucks plan is driving traffic for the first time in two years. But North America operating margins contracted 420 basis points in Q1 FY2026, RBC Capital and Wolfe Research both downgraded the stock in one week, and the CFO admits two-thirds of the damage is labor spending with no clear end date. For restaurant operators everywhere, Starbucks is now the industry's most expensive case study in what turnarounds actually cost.

New data from AlixPartners' Proprietary Pricing Platform reveals that menu prices outpaced inflation across 90,000 locations, but transaction values fell behind. With gas at $3.94 a gallon and Oxford Economics projecting the slowest consumption growth since 2013, the restaurant pricing playbook is being rewritten in real time.

McDonald's reports Q1 2026 earnings on April 23. After a strong Q4 with U.S. comps up 6.8%, management already warned investors to expect a sequential slowdown. Here's what operators and investors should watch.