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Denny’s Launches Nationwide Catering With ezCater on Aug 18, 2026: What Franchisees Should Do This Week
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Denny’s put its first “Project Grand Slam” initiative in market on Monday, August 18.… Read more
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Toast vs Clover vs Square: Full 2026 POS Comparison for Restaurants
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: For a full-service or fast-casual concept above 1 million in revenue, Toast… Read more
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Resy vs OpenTable vs Tock (2026): The Reservation Platform Decision, Priced Out
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Reservations look like a marketing decision. They are actually a P&L decision. The reservation… Read more
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7shifts vs HotSchedules (2026): Which Scheduler Actually Saves Labor Dollars
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Labor is where the P&L is won or lost. Every operator we talk to… Read more
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QuickBooks vs Restaurant365 (2026): When to Stay, When to Graduate
QuickBooks Online vs Restaurant365 in 2026. Real pricing per plan, when QBO is still the right call, and the six signals that tell you it is time to graduate. Read more
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Toast vs Square for Restaurants (2026 Comparison)
Toast vs Square for Restaurants in 2026. Real pricing, transaction fees, hidden costs, and which platform actually fits full-service vs single-unit operators. Read more
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Pizza Hut’s Global CEO Walked After LongRange Closed. Here’s the PE Playbook Every Operator Should Read Backwards.
Aaron Powell stepped down as Pizza Hut’s global CEO on August 17, hours after LongRange Capital closed. Here is what the transition tells operators and franchisees to watch for. Read more
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Wendy’s Just Killed Its U.S. President Job. What That Signals to Every Multi-Unit Operator.
Wendy’s eliminated its U.S. President role on August 14, replacing it with a new COO position. The org chart change tells you where the board thinks the money is now. Read more
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Bloomin’ Brands Raised Guidance on Pricing, Not Traffic
BLMN raised full-year EPS guidance on a +4.2% average check while traffic fell across three brands. What every operator should learn. Read more
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Build a Restaurant P&L in 20 Minutes With Claude or ChatGPT
A four-prompt workflow to build a working restaurant P&L with Claude or ChatGPT. From a former operator who built 250+ by hand. Read more