Jonathan Maze
Editor-in-Chief
Contact JonathanRestaurant 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.”
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Jonathan Maze
Page 1US 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
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.