Fast-food giant Wendy’s is shuttering 140 underperforming locations through the end of 2024 as it looks to improve its “restaurant footprint and overall system health.” To counter the closures, though, the Ohio-based company is working to replace many of these units with “new restaurants at better locations with significantly improved sales and profitability,” Wendy’s CEO … Read more
You’ll want to milk this new Starbucks deal. The java chain is making a major update to its menu that will save its plant-based customers some extra dough. Starbucks will no longer charge a fee for substituting non-dairy milk in beverages, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday. Starbucks will no longer charge … Read more
This is berry good news for Ozempic users. Smoothie King this week became the first quick-service chain to introduce a special menu for people who use GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic. The five new smoothies contain 20 grams of protein or more — and no added sugar — which the Dallas-based company says will help customers … Read more
A small California eatery poked fun at a popular fast food chain that issued a cease-and-desist order over two trademarked items they argued the sports bar copied. Fairplay Sports Bar celebrated National Cheeseburger Day on Sept. 18, mocking the legal notice they received from In-N-Out Burger ordering them to cease all use of two of … Read more
Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, citing a decrease in sales, rising food and labor costs and staffing challenges. The Florida-based company, known for its family-style dining, is the latest restaurant business to file for bankruptcy this year — joining the likes of Red Lobster and Rubio’s Coastal Grill. … Read more
Check, please! Denny’s enthusiasts are sizzling mad over a whopping price increase for one of the restaurant’s popular “slam” breakfast platters, which has tripled in cost in recent years. The chain that brought Moons Over My Hammy to the world is the latest fast-food purveyor to embrace the trend of dramatically increasing prices as brands … Read more
Popular fast-casual pizza chain Mod Pizza could soon be filing for bankruptcy — following in the footsteps of several other well-known US restaurants, according to a new report. The company, which has locations in 28 states, is preparing a potential bankruptcy filing and could enter court protection as soon as next week, sources told Bloomberg … Read more
Hooters abruptly closed dozens of “underperforming stores” – the latest chain to shutter restaurants as inflation batters US consumers. The famed chicken wings brand, known for its skimpy uniforms, cited “pressure from current market conditions” for its decision to close an unspecified number of stores. “Like many restaurants under pressure from current market conditions, Hooters … Read more
Red Lobster is scrambling to stay open in Times Square — but the bankrupt seafood chain has just a few weeks to hammer out a deal as its landlords seek to double the rent, The Post has learned. The restaurant’s lease at the crossroads of the world expires on June 30 and it has been … Read more
California restaurants are poised to further hike prices after a junk-fee ban in the state mandated that restaurants and bars fold mandatory fees into listed menu prices. On Wednesday, the California Attorney General’s office laid out how the junk-fee ban, dubbed SB 478, will affect restaurant service fees when it goes into effect on July 1. … Read more
