Biography

Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief

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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants. He writes daily about the factors influencing the operating environment, including labor and food costs and various industry trends such as technology and delivery.

Jonathan has been widely quoted in media publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post and has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance and NPR. He writes a weekly finance-focused newsletter for Restaurant Business, The Bottom Line, and is the host of the weekly podcast “A Deeper Dive.”

Articles by
Jonathan Maze

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General Merchandise/HBC

US Foods, Performance Food Group call off merger talks

Companies terminated an information-sharing process that could have created the country’s largest broadline distributor for restaurants, convenience stores

Mergers & Acquisitions

RaceTrac enters uncharted territory with its Potbelly acquisition

The Bottom Line: There has never been a purchase of a restaurant chain the size of the sandwich brand Potbelly by a convenience-store chain. History suggests it could be a difficult road.

A Deeper Dive: Tom Brennan, chief merchandising officer for the Iowa-based chain Casey’s, joins the restaurant finance podcast to talk pizza, beverages and competition with restaurants

Convenience-store retailer buys sandwich shop concept for $566 million

Restaurant chains have been pushing colorful beverages, toys and collectibles and partnerships with movies and television, all aimed at nostalgic adults

Coca-Cola-owned chain is pushing growth in colleges, universities, convenience stores and airports with its ‘barista in a box’

A growing number of restaurant chains are expanding in the U.S. with a wider array of more innovative beverages than ever. And now McDonald's and Taco Bell are coming. Is there enough demand?

Trump puts 90-day hold on tariffs on all countries except China; imports from that country will now be taxed at 125%

Papa John’s is doing less of its own delivery and a lot more carryout, and the data has massive implications for the business and its operators

Major brands like Domino’s, Papa Johns and Pizza Hut are trading share with independents

Burger King and Popeyes saw improving sales in October behind better promotions; but lower gas prices and easing inflation may also be driving those results

We’ve long thought that pizza delivery chains were in a tough fight against the grocery store; comments from Domino’s and data from Technomic say otherwise

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