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Cracker Barrel has a tough quarter

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the restaurant news discussion podcast looks at layoffs at Cracker Barrel, Pieology’s bankruptcy filing and a Hardee’s lawsuit.

Cracker Barrel’s tough quarter has resulted in some layoffs.

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants examines the family-dining chain’s tough quarter and its corporate restructuring, which is resulting in layoffs.

In addition, we discuss the bankruptcy filing of Pieology and what it says about the state of fast-casual pizza chains.

Meanwhile, Hardee’s sued another big franchisee. Why is the burger chain having challenges?

And on Tech Check, Joe talks about his 2026 predictions.

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