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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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Fuels

Gas prices do impact restaurants, particularly full-service

The Iran War has sent the price of gas past $4 a gallon nationwide and analysts expect it to get worse

Fuels

Higher gas prices and fewer jobs could be problematic for restaurants

The economy is facing some major question marks

Foodservice

Burger King's president is giving customers his phone number

Customers will have a direct line to Tom Curtis, who will spend hours every day taking phone calls and responding to texts

Foodservice

How convenience stores and supermarkets are gunning for restaurants

A Deeper Dive: This week’s episode of the restaurant finance podcast looks at the retail sector, its push into prepared food and more

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.

Retailer News

How convenience-store chain Casey’s is making waves in the pizza business

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

Foodservice

RaceTrac to acquire Potbelly

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

Foodservice

The newest restaurant marketing target: ‘Kidults’

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

Foodservice

Costa Coffee takes a nontraditional route to U.S. expansion

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

Beverages

The Beverage Business Is About to Get More Competitive

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?

General Merchandise/HBC

President Pauses Tariffs Following Market Turmoil

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

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