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But in this instance, my belief is while economics are important, they're not the biggest point of making the decision to change.

What is happening with beverage contracts? Hello, I'm Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business.

And in this week's episode of A Deeper Dive, I speak with George Hiller, the founder of Hiller & Associates, a beverage contract consultant.

We wanted to talk with George because the big news in restaurants recently was KFC switching its beverage provider from Pepsi to Coke.

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Hello and welcome to The Week in Restaurants, your weekly discussion of the most important stories of the week in the restaurant industry.

I'm Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business.

And as per usual, I am joined by Executive Editor Lisa Jennings and Senior Technology Guru Joe Guskowski.

Wendy's is indeed closing more restaurants and has closed quite a bit of locations this year.

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Really? Yeah, it's new diners and they're spending on average 20% more.

How is AI impacting restaurant reservations? Hello, I'm Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business.

And in this week's episode of A Deeper Dive, I speak with Amy Wei, the Chief Operating Officer with OpenTable.

You guys have probably heard of OpenTable, but they take reservations to restaurants and have been doing that for years.

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I'm Jonathan Maze, your host and the editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business.

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Hello and welcome to The Week in Restaurants, your weekly look of the most important stories in the restaurant industry.

I'm Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business.

And as usual, I'm here with Executive Editor Lisa Jennings and Senior Technology Correspondent Joe Guskowski.

We do have a upcoming talking kiosk provider.

After a rough summer for salad, it seems like there's a lot going on.

And people really, at least restaurant operators, are seeing an opportunity for salad chains.

So this week, the news was that Crispin Green, Jonathan, which you probably know, it's coming from your neck of the woods in Minneapolis.

Fast Casual Salad Chain has agreed to acquire Mad Greens and Snappy Salads.

Whereas for like the need it now use case, the sort of low basket use case, the I need it in five minutes use case, that's where drone is really well suited.

What is the future of delivery? Hello, I'm Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business.

And in this week's episode of A Deeper Dive, I speak with Kent Ferguson, the Director of Partnerships with the drone delivery company, Wing.

This is a fantastic conversation with an up-and-coming drone delivery company.

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Starbucks buying Chipotle would basically create the third or fourth largest restaurant company in the world.

Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business magazine, says such a deal would reunite Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol with the burrito chain that he headed for six years.

The Financial Team says a merger would create a company that had almost fifty billion dollars in combined sales last year.

With your consumer and business news, I'm Chris Coragio.

Hello and welcome to The Week in Restaurants, your weekly look at the most important stories in the restaurant industry.

I'm Jonathan Maze, Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business.

And as usual, I am joined by Executive Editor Lisa Jennings and Senior Technology Correspondent Joe Guskowski.

Subway is facing a major scandal involving its independent purchasing co-op.

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And so, uh, the product pipeline, uh, the number of tests, uh, the number of new initiatives that we've been working on [clears throat] since January really all has built up to, uh, to where we are now, coming up, uh, closely, uh, soon here to finish out the year, almost, uh, one year later.

[upbeat music] What's going on with Del Taco? Hello, I'm Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business, and in this week's episode of A Deeper Dive, I'm joined by Anil Yadav and Noah Chillingworth.

Anil is the owner of Del Taco.

He bought that chain last year.

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Indeed.

Tune in to The Week in Restaurants, or TWIR, in which editor-in-chief Jonathan Maze, senior editor Joe Gouskoski, and yours truly dive into the fascinating story of the crumbling of Crumbl Cookies, as well as the revival of the domestic franchising by TGI Fridays, and how DoorDash continues to work its way into restaurant operations.

Also tune in every weekday to Restaurant Daily.

I'm Lisa Jennings.

[upbeat music] El Pollo Loco is heading to New York City.

Jollibee is growing its U.S. sales, and Jonathan Maze gets a peek into McDonald's archives.

Welcome to Restaurant Daily, your quick daily download of the top stories in the restaurant industry from the editors of Restaurant Business and Nation's Restaurant News.

I'm RB Executive Editor Lisa Jennings.