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OpenTable is requiring restaurants to designate it as their 'system of record' starting April 16, 2026. With Resy, Tock, and DoorDash all making competing moves on guest data, operators face a platform dependency crisis that extends well beyond the reservation screen.
March 25, 2026
In late February 2026, Wall Street repriced fast-casual growth stocks aggressively, sending Wingstop, Shake Shack, and CAVA lower while McDonald's and Starbucks surged on execution. The divergence signals a fundamental shift in how investors value restaurant growth.
March 24, 2026
The $700 million sale of Freddy's Frozen Custard from Thompson Street Capital to Rhône Group is the latest in a string of PE-to-PE restaurant deals. Here's what these transactions reveal about how private equity values QSR brands in 2026.
March 24, 2026
CAVA, Chipotle, and Sweetgreen built their dominance on full ownership of every location. Now Shake Shack is testing whether you can have it both ways.
March 24, 2026
White Castle will open its first-ever Texas location at Grandscape in The Colony this summer, marking only the chain's seventh outpost outside the Midwest and a calculated bet on the nation's most competitive QSR battleground.
March 24, 2026
CAVA crossed $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time in 2025, growing 22.5% year-over-year while opening 72 new restaurants. With 76 more planned for 2026 and a 1,000-store target by 2032, the Mediterranean chain is rewriting the fast-casual growth playbook.
March 24, 2026