Rock-Solid Restaurant Operations Fuel Traffic
Collaboration and alignment between restaurant operations and marketing teams is critical to driving traffic without hurting the guest experience, Ray Johnson, Founder of ReCee’s Leadership Consulting...
12 Feb 202444min
Fogo de Chao’s Employee Investments Fuel Growth
Fogo de Chao doesn’t build a site pipeline until it has three years of visibility into the development of general managers, CEO Barry McGowan tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Chopp...
1 Feb 202435min
Qdoba’s Big Opportunity in Fast-Casual Mexican
Mexican fast casual is the only dining category that doesn’t have a list of 20 mature competitors slugging it out for market share, CEO of Modern Restaurant Concepts John Cywinski tells Bloomberg Inte...
23 Jan 202429min
Potbelly Sees Franchisees Fueling 10% Unit Gains
Great franchisees will make Potbelly stronger for 20, 30 or 40 years, CEO and President Bob Wright tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Wright sits down with BI...
12 Jan 202433min
Restaurant-Tech Troubles Could Continue in 2024
A record number of restaurant-tech companies could shut their doors for good in 2024, Juan George, co-founder of 858 Partners, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podca...
4 Jan 202433min
GLP-1 Patients Cut Snacking, Alcohol Consumption
Patients taking GLP-1 drugs reduce their snacking and alcohol consumption, but the overall impact on the restaurant industry will be minimal, Allan Hickok, senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Grou...
22 Dec 202359min
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
