This week on Nation’s Restaurant Information, the highest story was “Cracker Barrel responds to backlash towards fashionable retailer remodels.” Cracker Barrel has been receiving combined suggestions on its ongoing retailer modernization remodels, that are a part of the family-dining firm’s ongoing model revitalization plans. The criticism reached a fever pitch, nonetheless, following an Aug. 2 customer-posted video on social media platform X, which showcased the model’s new minimalist interiors with the caption of “A reworked Cracker Barrel. I hate it.”
In different information, Del Taco is providing enlarged burritos that weigh greater than a half pound, the corporate stated. The Lake Forest, Calif.-based division of Jack within the Field started providing the bigger burritos on Tuesday as a part of its El Massive Field platform.
Additionally, McDonald’s second quarter included constructive same-store gross sales, to the tune of +2.5%. It was a welcome report after back-to-back unfavorable quarters, which simply doesn’t occur all too typically on the Golden Arches. That’s to not say it’s easy crusing forward, nonetheless.
McDonald’s was one among a number of restaurant manufacturers that sounded the alarm on client conduct whereas cautioning of continued choppiness within the months forward. That is fairly a shift from the final temper throughout Q1 earnings wherein operators expressed optimism that brighter days had been forward following an early begin to the yr that was marred by climate, widespread sickness, and uncertainty.
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