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2018’s restaurant mergers and acquisitions2018’s restaurant mergers and acquisitions

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

December 18, 2018

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2018’s restaurant mergers and acquisitions

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Over the last 12 months, there have been more than 40 mergers and acquisitions in the restaurant industry. These included the creation of a new group housing fast casual, quick service, and casual dining brands; and companies acquiring niche concept groups. Several large companies were sold, including Buffalo Wild Wings and Real Mex, while chef-owners made big moves of their own.

Click through to see the brands that switched hands in 2018.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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