Costa Vida’s Allen on Catering, Tech and AI
If you’re not paying attention to catering, your restaurants are missing a huge opportunity to drive revenue, Costa Vida President Wade Allen tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Chopp...
23 Sep 202521min
A Plan for Cracker Barrel’s Path to Recovery
The great brands open up the throttle at their busiest times, Fred LeFranc, Results Thru Strategy founder, managing partner and chaos strategist, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the C...
15 Sep 202547min
Buffets, Bambi and Big Plans at Rave’s Pizza Inn
Pizza Inn is a massive sleeping giant with latent equity, Rave Restaurant Group CEO Brandon Solano tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Solano sits down with BI...
2 Sep 202531min
SPB Hospitality’s Kern on M&A, Refranchising
US restaurant spending has been resilient, and guests are looking for a better sit-down experience, SPB Hospitality CEO Josh Kern tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up po...
14 Aug 202536min
Velvet Taco’s Dover on Culinary Roots, Culture
What other restaurant can you go to and get a chicken-fried oyster taco? Velvet Taco CEO Clay Dover sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence senior restaurant and foodservice analyst Michael Halen in thi...
1 Aug 202546min
Restaurants Set the Table for Better 2H Sales
The restaurant industry could post a 1-2% same-store sales increase for 2025, BI’s senior restaurant and foodservice analyst Michael Halen tells Bloomberg’s restaurants reporter Daniela Sirtori. In th...
15 Jul 202543min
FAT Brands’ Wiederhorn on Growth, Debt Paydown
Sales almost double when Smokey Bones restaurants are converted to the Twin Peaks chain, FAT Brands’ Chairman Andy Wiederhorn said on this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast. Wiederhorn joins Micha...
1 Jul 202523min
SignalFlare.ai’s Lukianoff on Data Analytics, AI
US restaurant development is outpacing population growth by about 5x, according to SignalFlare.ai Founder and CEO Michael Lukianoff. In this episode of Choppin’ It Up, Lukianoff sits down with Bloombe...
24 Jun 202542min
