A Deeper Dive

Apr 09 2025 351 ep. 30 mins 74
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How the Hooters and TGI Fridays bankruptcies will disrupt the credit markets

Apr 09 2025 27 mins  
How will the bankruptcy filings of TGI Fridays and Hooters affect the market for securitizations?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Ed Cerullo, a credit analyst with Octus, to talk about whole business securitizations and the potential impact those bankruptcies can have on the market. Whole business securitizations use a company’s cash

The Salad House founder on finding balance between healthy and indulgent

Apr 02 2025 44 mins  
In this special episode of A Deeper Dive — guest-hosted by Nation’s Restaurant News editor-in-chief and Take-Away host Sam Oches — Sam talks with Joey Cioffi, founder and CEO of The Salad House, a New Jersey based franchise that has grown to 20 locations since it first opened in 2011. Cioffi joined the podcast to share how The Salad House attempts to strike a balance between

What the owner of Pollo Tropical will do next

Mar 26 2025 22 mins  
What is the strategy for Authentic Restaurant Brands’ newest acquisition?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Alex Macedo, the CEO of the multi-brand operator Authentic Restaurant Brands (ARB). The company recently acquired the New England polished casual-dining concept Tavern in the Square, its latest in a series of deals for largely re

How the COVID pandemic has changed the restaurant industry

Mar 19 2025 28 mins  
How has the pandemic affected restaurants?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Lisa Miller, a consumer strategist and the author of "The Business of Joy."The podcast is part of our series on the impact of the COVID pandemic on the restaurant industry five years after it first hit. The pandemic wiped out a huge percentage of sales

Why restaurants are still having challenges this year

Mar 12 2025 30 mins  
Why are restaurant chains still having challenges in 2025?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Rich Shank, the senior principal with sister company Technomic. We wanted to talk with Shank because of the uncertain state of the restaurant business so far in 2025. A lot of people thought that things would improve this year after a difficult 2

How record egg prices are affecting breakfast chains

Mar 05 2025 25 mins  
What’s going on with egg prices?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Ricky Richardson, the CEO of the breakfast-and-lunch franchise Eggs Up Grill. We wanted to talk to Ricky because he recently posted about a decision his franchisees made in reaction to egg prices.Egg prices have hit record highs this year because of an outbreak of avian

A look into Starbucks' marketing strategy shift

Feb 26 2025 27 mins  
How should we think of the shift in marketing at Starbucks?This week’s episode of A Deeper Dive is about marketing restaurant brands and it features Dawn Kane, the CEO and co-founder of Hot Dish Advertising. Kane has extensive experience in marketing and was recently named the 2024 Bonny LeVine Award winner by the International Franchise Association, which recognizes women for th

How to grow a hot restaurant concept without destroying it

Feb 19 2025 27 mins  
How do you take a hot restaurant concept national without destroying it?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Chris Schultz, the CEO of Voodoo Doughnut. The doughnut chain was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 2000 by Kenneth Pogson and Tres Shannon. It quickly gained a reputation for off-the-wall doughnuts—we’ll let you check out the web

How to rebuild a restaurant chain

Feb 12 2025 26 mins  
How does a restaurant chain come back from bankruptcy?This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Jim Greco, the CEO of the recently-emerged-from-bankruptcy Tijuana Flats.Greco is an industry veteran who has engineered turnarounds at Bruegger’s and Sbarro. He recently took over Tijuana Flats, the fast-casual Mexican chain, and is working on tha

Why Chili's is outperforming Applebee's

Feb 05 2025 25 mins  
Why are some chains easily outperforming their biggest competitors? This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Joe Pawlak, the managing principal with RB sister company Technomic, to talk about this topic. Several restaurant chains are easily outperforming top competitors right now. Chili’s is beating Applebee’s. Dutch Bros is outperforming