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NRN editors discuss earnings season and Chick-fil-A’s new prototypesNRN editors discuss earnings season and Chick-fil-A’s new prototypes

Plus, hear from Kat and Landon Eckles of Clean Juice

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

July 28, 2023

 

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, a product of Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister talked about earnings season.

Earnings season has just begun. The editors talked about the trends they expect to see throughout the industry as well as what they’re looking for from certain brands. Chipotle, McDonald’s, Subway, Domino’s and Sweetgreen all reported this week. The editors will give you the rundown on what they’re expecting to see in Q2 earnings.

Also, the editors talked about Chick-fil-A’s new prototypes. One new prototype looks a lot like the Taco Bell Defy location, which was a massive success for that brand. The other is a walk-up concept like Chipotle’s walk-up windows across the country. Will Chick-fil-A be able to get away with the same kind of publicity as Taco Bell, and how will the walk-up windows affect customers’ experience?

This week’s guests are Kat and Landon Eckles of Clean Juice.

 

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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