Sales Trends

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Sun Capital Partners Inc. has bought and sold its share of franchisors over the years. But maybe its most interesting deal came in February, when the private-equity group announced plans to buy a fr...

The family chain’s same-store sales increased 4.5 percent in 2015

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. For much of the past couple of years, the big three burger chains McDonald’s Corp., The Wendy’s Company Inc., and Burger King have all fought for a shrinking piece of the pie. Fast-casual chains ...

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Barring something unforeseen weather event or other calamity, this is expected to be the best year for commodities in the post-recession era. One reason for this: The strong dollar. Commodity ...

Sandwich chain’s same-store sales increase 3.7 percent

Results were expected given tough comparisons and bad weather

Beef costs ease for steak chain and are expected to fall again in 2016

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This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Nobody said the restaurant business was easy. In 2008, Subway introduced the $5 Footlong, adopting chain-wide a strategy first employed by a franchisee. The promotion was remarkably successful, h...

This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Welcome to a post-Chipotle restaurant-investing world. On Tuesday, health officials in Johnson County, Kansas, reported that they were investigating reports that at least 10 people suffered a gas...