When Jim Dausch joined restaurant operator Yum Brands in late 2024, one of his first orders of business was to find a way to ensure Pizza Hut’s food was delivered as hot as possible. Previously,
Finance platform InKind has raised more than $1 billion in the past six months to invest in an industry many traditional lenders have long considered too risky: independent restaurants. Today, InKind announced $414 million in financing in
When Crumbl first opened its doors in northern Utah in 2017, cofounders Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley had a simple goal: create the perfect chocolate chip cookie. Nearly a decade later, that experiment has grown into
When Blackstone BX -1.61%decrease; down pointing triangle bought a majority stake in Jersey Mike’s Subs early last year for about $6 billion plus debt, the private-equity firm didn’t want to mess with the
Peter Cancro was still in high school when he took a leap of faith and took out a six-figure loan to buy a small sandwich shop on the Jersey Shore where he had worked since
Jersey Mike’s is heading to the public markets with a valuation that far outstrips recent restaurant IPOs, setting up a key test of investor appetite for high-growth franchise chains. The New Jersey-based sandwich chain
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