A Deeper Dive
Restaurant Business Magazine
“A Deeper Dive” is a weekly podcast from Restaurant Business dedicated to going in-depth on the most pressing challenges and opportunities restaurant operators face today. Each Wednesday, our audience will hear from restaurant industry leaders – from Chipotle to Pincho Factory and Firehouse Subs to McDonald’s. Host Jonathan Maze deep dives into hot topics, from delivery to discounting and marketing to menu, giving operators the latest information and solutions to drive their businesses.
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Aug 19, 2020 • 30min
Why Andy Wiederhorn keeps buying restaurants
Andy Wiederhorn has a penchant for burger chains.
The CEO of brand-collecting company Fat Brands joins this week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive to discuss its planned $25 million purchase of Johnny Rockets, announced last week.
Aug 12, 2020 • 33min
How Firehouse Subs hit record sales this summer
Firehouse Subs’ sales are on fire.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Don Fox, CEO of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based sandwich chain, talking about the company’s strong sales coming out of the pandemic.
Aug 5, 2020 • 32min
How Qdoba survived the quarantine on its own
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Keith Guilbault, CEO of Qdoba Mexican Eats, the 730-unit fast-casual Mexican chain.
Guilbault talks about Qdoba’s response to the coronavirus and how the company got creative to serve customers during that time.
Jul 29, 2020 • 30min
Where does the economy go from here?
The economy will not recover until the pandemic is under control.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features economist Joel Naroff discussing the prospects for an economic recovery in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jul 22, 2020 • 24min
Taco John’s Jim Creel on the coronavirus, expansion and LeBron James
The Mexican fast-food chain’s CEO joins the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to discuss how his chain has responded to COVID-19, and also Taco Tuesday.
Jul 15, 2020 • 36min
Why BurgerFi is going public in a pandemic
BurgerFi president Charlie Guzzetta joins the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to talk about the coronavirus and its merger with Opes Acquisition.
Jul 8, 2020 • 32min
What restaurants should think of the worsening pandemic
This week’s edition of the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” features editors Jonathan Maze and Peter Romeo discussing the coronavirus resurgence and its impact on the industry.
Jul 1, 2020 • 35min
How to protect unit profitability during a pandemic
This week’s edition of the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Juan Martinez, principal and cofounder of the industrial engineering firm Profitality, talking about unit economics and the coronavirus.
Jun 24, 2020 • 42min
10 big challenges restaurants face post-COVID
Navin Nagrani, executive vice president and operating partner with Hilco Real Estate, joins the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to discuss pain points the industry faces in the coming months.
Jun 17, 2020 • 33min
How Punch Bowl Social is surviving the pandemic, without Cracker Barrel
Three months ago, Punch Bowl Social was seemingly left for dead when its sponsor, Cracker Barrel, opted to pull its support less than one year after investing in the chain.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Robert Thompson, Punch Bowl’s CEO and founder, who discusses that event, and what the company has done in the succeeding weeks to survive.
