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JAB Holding to buy Panera Bread for $7.5B

Panera

The acquisition continues the investment fund’s restaurant chain stockpile.
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Panera stock skyrockets amid sale rumors

Panera

Bloomberg reports the bakery-café chain is exploring options.
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McDonald’s bets on fresh beef to order

McDonald's

The chain believes it can improve its reputation and sales with better burgers.
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Ranking Panera Bread’s potential suitors

Panera

Reports suggest Panera Bread is for sale, so let’s look at who could be a buyer.
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Fox’s new Dough Bird gives wings to pizza, rotisserie

Dough Bird

Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC, creator of such growing brands as Flower Child, True Food Kitchen and North, this week pulled the wraps off its latest concept, Dough Bird Pizza & Rotisserie. Based in Fox’s headquarters city of Phoenix, Ariz., the brand will offer a more indulgent version of some its fast-casual concepts.
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Andy Puzder breaks silence on labor secretary nomination process

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The former Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s and CEO sheds light on ethics papers and hearing delays.
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Brinker CFO Tom Edwards resigns

Brinker International

The company names Joe Taylor to interim position.
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Inside Fogo de Chão’s Bar Fogo program

Fogo de Chão

New offerings include small plates, Brazilian-inspired cocktails and more.
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Texas Roadhouse will pay $12M to settle EEOC lawsuit

Texas Roadhouse

The operator is charged with denying server jobs to people over 40 years old.
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Can Chipotle resurrect its image?

Chipotle

Here's fresh advice for the fast-casual chain’s comeback trail.
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