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Moe’s Southwest Grill anchors a gentle, under-$10 promise—junior burrito, queso, drink, and signature chips—backed by a national game‑show promotion and a clear stance on pricing clarity.

Portillo’s installs interim CEO Michael A. Miles Jr., slows expansion to smaller formats, and embraces activist-influenced oversight after Texas underperformance and lowered 2025 guidance.

EG America sets a clear timeline to open Krispy Krunchy Chicken inside five Cumberland Farms stores across Florida’s Panhandle by the end of 2025, anchoring a broader foodservice reset with leadership changes, digital ordering, and rebranding investments.

Taco Bell aligns brand, marketing, digital, legal, and international teams under a unified structure to export U.S.-proven innovation, value, and loyalty playbooks while targeting a tripling of its international store base.

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.

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.