Red Robin’s Food and Service Fuel Turnaround
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ new flat-top grills make better burgers, improve efficiency and give the chain more menu optionality going forward, CEO and President G.J. Hart tells Bloomberg Intelligence....
7 Dec 202331min
GLP-1 Drugs May Motivate Restaurant Menu Changes
Restaurant CEOs seem pretty confident that sales will hold up just fine as the use of GLP-1 drugs increases, Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Bloomberg News restaurant reporter, tells BI. In this episode of t...
20 Nov 202331min
Restaurants Must Adapt to Shifting Labor Market
On the surface it looks like US employment is strong but labor participation is lower than pre-pandemic levels and there are nearly four million part-time workers, many of which have multiple jobs, Vi...
2 Nov 202339min
Honeygrow Posts Net Income Despite Rapid Growth
Honeygrow keeps G&A tight and is profitable on a net income basis, founder and CEO Justin Rosenberg tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Rosenberg sits down wit...
19 Okt 202329min
Restaurants Aim to Steal Share Amid Traffic Drop
This will be a year of stealing share because the restaurant industry isn’t going to drive positive traffic, Mark Kuperman, COO of Revenue Management Solutions, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this e...
12 Okt 202332min
Blaze Pizza’s Smaller Stores to Fuel Development
Blaze Pizza’s new, smaller format stores are half the size of existing units and cost 25-35% less to build, CEO Beto Guajardo tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcas...
28 Sep 202339min
Franchisors Outperform as Restaurant Sales Slow
“We see a lot of challenges ahead, especially for the US consumer,” Howard Penney, managing director and consumables analyst at Hedgeye Risk Management, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode o...
6 Sep 202340min
The Melt’s Employees Help Serve Up 400% AUV Jump
The Melt’s turnaround was fueled by input from team members and customers, CEO Ralph Bower tells Bloomberg Intelligence, fueling a 400% jump in average unit volume (AUV) since 2017. In this episode of...
15 Aug 202348min
