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With a Halloween-timed, AI-led game that converts choices into coupons and sweepstakes, Jack in the Box pushes customers deeper into its app while advancing a broader digital rebuild.

A post-Groff enforcement shift puts restaurant scheduling under the microscope. P.F. Chang’s $80,000 settlement highlights how interview-stage responses to Sunday-off requests can trigger Title VII liability.

A logo change on August 19 spiraled into a culture-war storm, an investor campaign, and an 8% traffic slide. Cracker Barrel reverts to heritage, tempers 2026 guidance, and braces for a governance fight.

Beginner-friendly restaurant accounting guide helping owners track sales, costs, profit, and cash flow using simple routines, clear reports, and targets.

Guide for restaurant owners to align background music with brand, guests, dayparts, and acoustics, improving atmosphere, guest satisfaction, and sales.

Facing sales headwinds, Jack in the Box accelerates closures, resets value with barbell pricing, retrains for consistency, and plans phased remodels while shifting to an asset-light balance sheet.

After a late-October closing transferred control of most U.S. units to founder-led operators, Hooters unveils a heritage-driven revival across menu, service, ambiance, and brand voice.

Panera unveils its multi-year RISE strategy—anchored in hospitality, quality upgrades, and modernization—to reclaim fast-casual leadership by 2028.

Yum Brands scales its ‘AI factory’ with Red360 and Byte by Yum, powering personalization, operational AI, and a record digital sales mix across Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut.

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Edge Consulting presses Dine Brands with a governance-heavy playbook while Denny's executes a footprint reset, value offers, and digital moves to steady traffic.