Noodles & Company plans to raise prices by around 3%-4% in the second quarter of this year. CEO Dave Boennighausen said the brand has a “strong value proposition, with the majority of our dishes having entry points of approximately $7,” giving them leeway to raise prices in the second quarter, and possible again later on “to mitigate anticipated margin pressures.” CFO Carl Lukach pointed out that price increases over the past few years had been mainly confined to higher premiums for third-party delivery service. The chain raised the premium on those orders to 15%, from 10%, at the end of 2020.

Average checks have grown at Papa Johns primarily due to menu innovation, though the brand did recently increase prices to mitigate inflation. According to CEO Rob Lynch, “the average price per pie is a little over $10 and New York-style and stuffed crust are priced at $12-14.”

Texas Roadhouse is planning to bake a 3% menu increase into its mid-April menu due to rising commodity and other costs. The brand also took a 4.2% menu-price increase in November. “At this time, we have not seen a negative reaction from the price increases that we took in May and November of 2021,” said president Jerry Morgan in late February. “All indications are that our guests continue to view Texas Roadhouse as a great value because of the prices that we charge and the quality of food and service that we provide.”

Cracker Barrel plans to raise menu prices about 6% for the latter half of the fiscal year to help offset ongoing commodity and wage inflation. The chain raised menu prices roughly 5.3% during the Jan. 28-ended second quarter. Cracker Barrel has been employing multiple “small surgical” price increases to monitor guest reaction. But CFO Craig Pommells expressed confidence in late February that the chain has room to raise prices even more. “We are comfortable with the elevated pricing in this current environment and continue to see minimal impact to traffic and mix from our pricing actions,” he said. The company projects commodity inflation will peak during the third quarter.

Shake Shack is planning to raise its prices by 3%-3.5% this month, following a similar price increase in October 2021. “The environment of commodity and labor wage inflation is still taking material impact on our restaurant margins,” said CEO Randy Garutti. “We expect this dynamic for the foreseeable future.” He added that he would continue to keep an eye on costs and possibly take another price increase later this year. CFO Katherine Fogerty said she expected mid-to-high single-digit inflation for most of the chain’s non-protein costs, except for paper and packaging, for which she expected double-digit inflation.

Outback Steakhouse parent company Bloomin’ Brands is anticipating another menu pricing increase, according to executives. They estimate that the total pricing increase would be 5%, including an increase that took place in Q4, with inflationary pressures being stronger in the first half.

The Cheesecake Factory said it would increase menu prices 3.25% in February with the rollout of a new menu, bringing the chain’s year-over-year menu pricing increase total to 4.75%, with more increases expected in 2022. The company is also considering a menu price increase in the third quarter of about 2%, if inflation continues as expected, but the plan is to remain flexible. CFO Matthew Clark said the chain was still pricing “below grocery and our competitive set,” and was confident there was room for higher pricing ahead.

Wingstop said its effect of total price increases has been 10%, of which half was passed on to customers, something CFO Alex Kaleida said he hoped will level out to 1% to 2% in the next year. The company believes that the worst of wing inflation is over.

Restaurant Brands International, parent to Burger King, Popeyes, Tim Hortons and Firehouse Subs, said it was expecting menu prices to increase in 2022. CEO Jose Cil said the company was “working closely with franchisees to make the best decision for guests and our franchisees’ P&Ls.”

Chipotle raised menu prices roughly 10% in fiscal 2021 – including a 4% increase in December – in part to support higher wages. CEO Brian Niccol expressed confidence that the company continues to have room to raise menu prices to address that labor cost pressure, along with ongoing inflation.

Starbucks raised menu prices twice in three months – once in October and once on Jan. 1 – to address growing inflation. Chief operating officer John Culver said, “in terms of elasticity, we have not seen any meaningful impact to customer demand.”