RESTAURANT BUSINESS COLUMNISTS

Every day, RB brings you the best in analysis and opinion on a wide range of topics, including menu, finance, operations and technology. Check out our columns and blogs.

JONATHAN MAZE

The award-winning financial news/analysis blog from RB Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze, which features a companion weekly newsletter by the same name. Jonathan deals with a variety of topics as they relate to the health and direction of the overall industry, with a special emphasis on franchising, mergers and acquisition, stock price performance, sales and profitability.

PAT COBE

Every week, Senior Menu Editor Pat Cobe takes a look at the latest new menu news from major chains and menu trends. The column features extensive work from RB Art Director Nico Heins on a visual presentation.

JOE GUSZKOWSKI

Senior Technology Editor Joe Guszkowski looks at the week’s technology trends and news, examining the continued influx of new technologies into restaurants, including mobile ordering, delivery, artificial intelligence, virtual brands, ghost kitchens and robotics.

Financing

Pieology Pizza files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The fast-casual pizza chain founded in 2011 was once one of the promising franchise brands in the niche, before the pandemic.

Operations

Dave's Hot Chicken plots European invasion

The Azzurri Group, which already has a deal to develop 60 locations of the fast-casual chicken chain in the UK and Ireland, has agreed to develop another 180 locations in 10 countries.