Jonathan Maze

The Bottom Line: The unfortunate shutdown of Clover Food Lab shows that U.S. consumers have moved on to other things, as they typically do.

The economy performed worse than expected in the first quarter and disposable personal income fell last month. Much of the spending these

The Bottom Line: The Independent Restaurant Coalition, which is arguing against the Sysco-Restaurant Depot merger, is “not buying” the

The Bottom Line: This week’s edition of the weekly restaurant finance newsletter looks at economic data, and why a booming market is of

The Chinese tea chain, which opened its first store in Los Angeles a year ago, now has nine locations here, giving it a foothold for

The fast-food giant unveiled the next version of its business strategy, called McDonald’s Next, that will aim to make its restaurants a

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode of the weekly restaurant news discussion podcast looks at the performance of Cava, the

The Bottom Line: The fast-food giant is testing voice activated order taking in five drive-thrus with Google as part of a broad set of new

The fast-casual burger chain blamed weaker-than-expected sales and profitability on macroeconomic headwinds. But executives remain bullish

The Bottom Line: LongRange Capital, which has reportedly entered exclusive talks with Yum Brands for the pizza chain, focuses on long-term