On this week’s episode of Extra Serving, a podcast from Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss the fact that restaurant menu prices are still inching upward even as supermarket prices are essentially flat.
That leads them to discuss McDonald’s $5 meal deal and the risk that major chains take when discounting their way out of negative traffic trends.
Plus, Brian Niccol is officially the CEO of Starbucks and he outlined his first priorities in an open letter. He presented a four-point plan to right the ship. Will this blueprint work for the coffee giant?
And senior editor Ron Ruggless joins for this week’s extra serving to discuss the recent news that Kevin Hart’s plant-based concept, Hart House, has closed up shop.
Finally, senior food and beverage editor Bret Thorn has a conversation with Twin Peaks corporate executive chef Alexander Sadowsky.
