Brinker International

Their gas is always the most expensive gas station, so I don't actually use them, which is hilarious because I actually own quite a bit of shares of Shell and they pay very handsomely of $61.10. And then EAT.

Paid me $3.80. Another company you're like, what is Eat? Well, it's Brinker International and they own Chili's and Maggiano's Italy restaurants where they franchise this stuff out.

So again, kind of like what is this Eat Brinker International? Well, they own brands you might have gone to eat at.

So that's what I'm talking about.

Like these big giant corporations that own these popular brands.

So this works.

Shares of Chili's parent company Brinker International, ticker EAT, jumped almost 15% after beating Wall Street estimates and raising its full-year guidance.

Company-wide, same-store sales rose about 9%, led by a 10% increase at Chili's locations.

That is 22 straight quarters of same-store sales growth for Chili's in more than five years.

There's a few names in consumer, Jim.

We got Brinker.

We got Cake.

Etsy, as we mentioned J. Mike earlier.

Yeah, Jay Mike was, you know, I am first class disappointed with Jay Mike because you had your man who started, you know, did a great job at Wingstop, Charlie Morrison, and he really didn't deliver.

Whereas Kevin Hockman is a delivery machine.

Those of us who go to, you know, when you go to a Brinker property, Chili's? Yes.

In terms of Mike's, the number wasn't that good.

thought into it.

Said George Felix, the cat, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of Brinker International.

Isn't that the thing that delivers money to banks? Yeah, this one's backing

up the Brinks truck, Brinker.

do? Whoa, it fits perfect.

Felix, you did it again.

Congratulations, you're now the CEO of Brinker International.

And someone might need to wear your jacket and drive real fast.

To promote its return, Chipotle invited super fans into the restaurant kitchens to prepare the protein and capture the experience from their first-person perspectives as part of the brand's new 100 Creators campaign.

Three former Chili's employees are suing Brinker over the company's tip credit policy.

The proposed class action lawsuit filed in New York alleges that the company's subminimum wage policy led to a discriminatory work environment.

In short, the former Queen's Store employees claim that both the tip credit policy and a customer rating system fostered a workplace where female servers and employees of color had to tolerate sexism and racism for tips and to receive good customer scores.

In 2024, the original tip credit rule was brought back.

It allows employers to pay tipped workers a subminimum wage and supplement if they don't make up the rest in tips.

Brinker did not respond to requests for comment on this lawsuit.

Torchy's Tacos recently unveiled a smaller restaurant design called T2 that's part of a bigger brand reset after the brand's executives admit they may have grown the concept a bit too fast and too far.

RRH plans to expand the technology elsewhere in the Finger Lakes region.

A discrimination lawsuit targeting Chili's parent company, Brinker International, could have implications for local restaurants in Greece and Victor.

Former workers allege the chain's tipped wage system leads to racial discrimination and sexual harassment.

Plaintiffs plan to expand the New York case into a nationwide class action, potentially affecting Chili's operations at more than 1,200 locations across the country.

And this, of course, is a structural issue that faces all workers who are hit by the tip minimum wage.

But as Amir Khaji reports here, Chile's parent company, Brinker International, is a particularly bad actor.

where documented reports that they have paid out over a half a million dollars in sexual harassment settlements since 2004.

Wow.