Jonathan Maze
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Editor-in-Chief at Restaurant Business Magazine. Egghead. Married up to @HailaMaze . Serving up hand-crafted tweets with a laser-like focus.
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The man apparently shot by police in Louisville was a barbecue restaurant owner who fed the police for free:
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Well, this is interesting.
Papa John’s today named … Shaquille O’Neal its newest board member. The former NBA star will also invest in nine locations in Atlanta.
O’Neal currently owns a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts franchise and 27 Five Guys.
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I miss the days when Popeyes chicken sandwich was the biggest restaurant story.
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Chipotle is testing Chipotle Honey Chicken in Nashville and Sacramento. The chicken is marinated with adobo peppers and Mexican spices and finished with honey. Company says it received the highest marks among any chicken innovation it's ever tested. $CMG
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Greg Creed, on pizza and the NFL:
"No real impact from any of that" at Pizza Hut, or KFC or Taco Bell.
$YUM
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So, uh, KFC is bringing back its bunless Double Down Sandwich for four weeks starting on March 6. It features two pieces of bacon, cheese and either mayo or spicy sauce between two crispy chicken filets.
First time in nine years it's been on the U.S. menu.
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Steve Ritchie, who is replacing John Schnatter as Papa John’s CEO, started out in 1996 making $6 at the chain. He’ll make more than that now.
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McDonald's says it is seeing decreased traffic from consumers making $45k and less. Eating at home has become more affordable so the chain is losing that group to grocers, etc. $MCD
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KFC selling logs for your fireplace that smell like its original recipe fried chicken. You can get them at for $18.99.
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Looks like John Schnatter has been scrubbed from the Papa John’s website.
Last week Schnatter was all over it, including a picture of him with employees and his face in the company’s logo. Now? It’s all gone.
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O’Neal is also entering into a marketing agreement for the company and will be a brand ambassador.
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Travelers at the Philadelphia airport over the holidays can get an “Emotional Support Chicken” carrier to take on their flight from the Popeyes there.
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3Q pizza comps:
Pizza Hut US: 0%
Papa John's: 1%
Domino's: 8.4%
One of these is not like the other.
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1. You hate days off;
2. You like taking 100% of the risk in a financial relationship;
3. You like being repeatedly told what to do.
3 Reasons to Quit Your Corporate Job and Become a Restaurant Franchisee
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People are back to spending more at restaurants than at grocers.
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NOTE: O’Neal used to own Five Guys locations. He apparently does not own them any more.
Well, this is interesting.
Papa John’s today named … Shaquille O’Neal its newest board member. The former NBA star will also invest in nine locations in Atlanta.
O’Neal currently owns a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts franchise and 27 Five Guys.
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Papa John’s board wants John Schnatter to “cease all media appearances, and not make any further statements to the media regarding the company, its business or employees.”
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Yes.
Seriously - a chain that opts to do a chicken sandwich using thighs rather than breasts would be a big winner IMO.
Question: is America ready for a chicken Sandwich made with chicken thighs instead of breasts? What do you think?
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74% of Starbucks' beverage sales were cold. Wasn't long ago that this would be considered a complaint and not a sign of the rapid shift in overall coffee beverage mix. $SBUX
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Notable restaurant bankruptcies:
Friendly's (new)
Ruby Tuesday
Rubio's
California Pizza Kitchen
NPC International (Pizza Hut, Wendy's franchisee)
Chuck E. Cheese
Sizzler
Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes
Bravo-Brio
Garbanzo Mediterranean
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Well while I sit here, might as well do a Red Lobster thread.
The company’s problems were due to classic private equity asset unloading, lower full service demand, inflation and some ugly mismanagement. A veritable chowder of bad restaurant finance.
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Apparently can’t bring weapons, drugs, food or Corgis to the Hoover dam.
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This is Minnesota: Thousands of people turning out to donate food to people whose grocers were burned or looted. Most brought brooms and are looking for something to clean.
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Per Brinker CEO Kevin Hochman at
#GlobalRLC
: if
@Chilis
was a country it would be the third biggest buyer of tequila in the world. "The U.S. ... Mexico ... Chili's."
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Legit question after 3Q earnings: Are discounts losing their cool?
Del Taco’s $1 chicken quesadilla was one of its best offerings in history and didn’t generate traffic.
Big discounter Burger King comps -0.7%.
McDonald’s 123 Dollar Menu not generating traffic.
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McDonald's took 25 seconds off of its drive-thru times during the pandemic. $MCD
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Applebee’s $1 drink this month is the $1 Vampire, a mix of rum, strawberry, dragon fruit, passion fruit and pineapple.
You also get complimentary fangs on top of it.
#DollarVampire
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McDonald's growth plan:
More digital
More delivery
More Experience of the Future
New 3-year cash return targets
New financial targets. $MCD
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90% of Domino's 800 U.S. franchisees started as a driver, hourly worker or pizza maker inside a restaurant. $DPZ
#icrconference
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So I tried this place. The food was magnificent and cheap. Three people, full meals, total cost less than $30.
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The latest chain to come up with a chicken sandwich is ... Taco Bell?
The chain apparently plans to introduce a "Crispy Chicken Sandwich Taco" this year. The sandwich, wrapped taco-like, will be available next month in Nashville and Charlotte.
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This chart is nuts. Popeyes same-store sales up 34.4%. Probably safe to say the chicken sandwich was the best product introduction in decades. $QSR
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Wife just asked me to watch her purse. Boy was that boring. Thing just sat there.
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So, on Popeyes.
Since 2007, we could find no other restaurant chain that can even come close to matching Popeyes' +37.9% from last quarter. None.
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Quiznos has been sold. Time once again to talk about the single worst restaurant chain collapse in industry history.
This chain had nearly 5,000 locations i9n 2007. It was growing like MAD. But it had one problem: Food costs. They were hurting operator profits. (More)
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Wow: Starbucks expects its China comps will be down 50% this quarter, amounting to a $400M+ "headwind." $SBUX
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Starbucks next CEO comes from a company that makes condoms and Lysol. He also used to work for McKinsey & Co. Make your own jokes.
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Looks like Starbucks plans to close 150 underperforming locations, up from a normal year of 50.
Company planning to shift unit growth to under penetrated markets and slow licensed store growth. $SBUX
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Chipotle stock, Feb. 19: $933.84
52-week low: $415
Close today: $1,236.69
$CMG
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Papa John’s is in a world of hurt. John Schnatter was not only chairman, he holds 30% of the company’s stock and has been its primary spokesman. His picture is on the logo, for crying out loud.
But the company isn’t just losing its spokesman. 1/3
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Starbucks giving workers $250 million in added pay and benefits, including stock grants, “accelerated by recent changes in U.S. tax law.”
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This was sent to me a bit ago ... Grand Central Oyster Bar in NYC, around noon today. Sheesh.
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Famous woman enjoys gas station.
HuffPo: Kate Winslet Describes Being Awestruck By ‘Mythical’ Wawa
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Chipotle is offering free delivery tomorrow on National Burrito Day. It is also offering a Dobrik Burrito, after YouTuber David Dobrik's go-to order (chicken, brown rice, salsa, two scoops of corn salsa, cheese and a side of guac). $CMG
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The restaurant industry is in an absolute state of mass panic unlike anything I've seen. Completely understandable.
You basically have hundreds of thousands of businesses and 12M+ people all worried for their livelihoods at the same time.
Go buy a gift card.
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Restaurant operators: Please require your employees to wear masks.
Went to one place for takeout this evening. Nobody wore a mask. “Our owner doesn’t require us to.” That’s boneheaded.
“We wash our hands!” Congrats now wear a damn mask.
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BTW Culver's are every bit as good as In-N-Out's and you can get them with a side of cheese curds. No I will not debate this.
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Man. Restaurant menu prices up 5.8% yoy in November, the largest increase since 1982.
Limited service prices up 7.9%. Full service up 6%.
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Chili's same-store sales up 14.8%. I had to check that number twice and I still don't believe it.
Anyway don't tell me casual dining is dead. $EAT
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Oh here it is: Starbucks developing a zero to low calorie energy beverage. $SBUX
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So I went to
@ChickfilA
yesterday for a late dinner.
The counter server was so polite it wasn’t even funny. The sandwich was so hot I had to wait to eat it. (It really is a very good product.)
This isn’t rocket science. Service and quality matters in this business.
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IHOP, no B, rolling out delivery at more than 300 locations across the U.S. Will be integrated with its online and mobile sites.
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What a voice! And tragic we didn’t get more of it.
1. I'm so glad
@MarenMorris
mentioned Linda Martell in her speech
She is the country music pioneer you've never heard of
She made history as the first Black woman to perform at Grand Ole Opry...she received a standing ovation
Sadly, she was driven out of the business by racism
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This story by
@PeterRomeo
is insane. A California restaurant group brought in a fake priest during work hours to hear confessions from employees. The "priest" would then report transgressions (like skipping work, etc.) back to the restaurant.
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Overall slowing pizza comps. One potential reason: Delivery growth. cc:
@HedgeyeHWP
3Q pizza comps:
Pizza Hut US: 0%
Papa John's: 1%
Domino's: 8.4%
One of these is not like the other.
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My eldest son just said he won’t attend a college that’s had a scandal.
Guess the kid isn’t going to college.
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Chick-fil-A's average unit volume in 2016: $3.9 million.
Or: 1 CFA = 1 McDonald's + 1 Burger King.
$MCD $QSR
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70% of Starbucks U.S. sales came from mobile order and pay, drive-thru and delivery. $SBUX
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There it is: Papa Johns takes a poison pill to keep anyone from gaining control through open market stock purchases.
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Said a final goodbye to my mother today, who died last month at 90. Afterward we went to
@olivegarden
because she absolutely loved that place. And it was fantastic.
Also, major shoutout to the excellent staff at the Oakdale, MN location.
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McDonald's adds the McChicken Biscuit and the Chicken McGriddle to its breakfast lineup for a limited time. $MCD
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Domino's will launch delivery by robot at a location in Houston this week, using the Nuro autonomous delivery vehicle. Customers at the location who prepay for their pizza can choose to get it delivered by the Nuro "R2" robot. $DPZ
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Taco Bell has apparently filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the trademark to the phrase "Taco Tuesday," which has been owned by Taco Johns for years.
Excellent. Taco Tuesday battle.
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I made Nashville hot chicken sandwiches during the blue check blackout because the kid wanted some for his birthday dinner. He ate three.
I miss having metabolism.
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This is like if Chris Kempczinski publicly mocked people complaining about McDonald’s ice cream machine.
Actually I’d kind of pay to see that.
But this is just so amazingly stupid.
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No it hasn't.
The price of a Big Mac has doubled since pre-pandemic
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Shake Shack raising $150 million as it gets a $10 million PPP loan days after the program ran out is ... something.
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Boston Market, which had 300 locations at the start of 2023, is down to 27 units. That's a pretty unprecedented rate of closures without a full shutdown.
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Papa John's blames weaker than expected same-store sales on "negative consumer sentiment" with company's association with NFL. $PZZA
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Starbucks is asking its landlords for a year's worth of lower rent. The request was, uh, not well received. $SBUX
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The only way your local restaurant survives is if you keep eating their food.
I've challenged three people to go get some takeout, buy a gift card or order delivery from their favorite local restaurant and challenge three others to do the same. Because
#WeLoveRestaurants
.
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This thread is fantastic. Also would add Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John to that list.
OK Twitter, it’s been a tough week. Let’s settle this one:
What is the most NOSTALGIC song of all time?
I nominate “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac.
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Not sure how I missed this one. McDonald's, which now has 40k global restaurants, last year overtook Subway for total number of locations. Subway had 37k as of the end of 2020. So McDonald's is once again the world's most ubiquitous restaurant chain.
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It’s not a sandwich, but KFC is taking Mac ’n cheese, adding popcorn chicken, and making it a meal. The chain also partnered with
@TheKalenAllen
on a YouTube video.
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The consumer sure as hell isn't cutting back on chicken wings right now.
Wingstop comps up 21.6%. They're putting up video game numbers at this point. $WING
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Spotted at Costco yesterday. I love the holidays but this is ridiculous.
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So
@Arbys
is bringing back its 5-for-$5 Classic Roast Beef Sandwiches deal next week through Father's Day. But you have to order them through the app or the website.
#thebestdealsareintheapp
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By the way Burger King is putting bacon on an Impossible Whopper, which of course makes sense.
The Impossible Southwest Bacon Whopper features bacon and avocado spread, etc. There’s also a new Impossible King sandwich and a new Southwest Bacon Whopper.
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Hear me out: Domino’s should add breakfast but it’s just cold pizza made the night before.
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Wow, OK: Restaurants added 47,500 jobs last month, ending a several-month slump in hiring.
Overall economy added 128,000 jobs and the unemployment rate is 3.6%.
One out of every 2.7 jobs added last month was at a restaurant.
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I never thought I’d see the day when Americans stormed our own capitol. One of the saddest moments in our history.
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Thank God.
Costco’s new finance chief today: “I also want to confirm the $1.50 hot dog price is safe.”
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My wife just tried this Baja Blast Pie and said, “I think it just altered my DNA.”
@tacobell
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So it has to extract its spokesman/founder/largest shareholder and figure out a way to evolve its marketing beyond sports because the company doesn’t have those deals.
Oh, and rival Domino’s is killing it right now.
Upshot: Papa John’s should call $QSR immediately. “Buy us."
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Chuck E. Cheese's has declared bankruptcy.
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OK this one is definitely good.
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Taco Bell is testing a Vegan Crunchwrap in locations with high vegan populations starting tomorrow: New York, Los Angeles and Orlando.
It features a vegan seasoned beef the company has worked on for years, vegan blanco and vegan nacho sauce.
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McDonald's is launching its Crispy Chicken Sandwich on Feb. 24. There will be three versions, including spicy and deluxe. $MCD
So by my count roughly 18,543 restaurant chains have announced new chicken sandwiches over the past 13 months.
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