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Restaurant operator tapping on tablet reviewing reservations, representing this week's top foodservice stories.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 6.15.26

Operators pushed back this week — on platform lock-in, policy threats, and menu expectations. On The Border closed its final 60 company-owned locations on June 12. SevenRooms launched a free aggregator that pulls OpenTable, Resy, and every other booking platform into one dashboard. Panera dropped 12 new ingredients as part of its RISE transformation, and Chipotle revealed five simultaneous tests — including a remodel program the brand says has already dated 1,000 to 1,500 restaurants.

World Cup fans at a bar are watching the soccer game on a big screen.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 6.8.26

A hiring push that comes with equity. Record c-store numbers built on pizza. A $7.5 billion World Cup opportunity that opened today on U.S. soil. This week’s Omnivore roundup covers the moves shaping foodservice heading into summer — from Chicago’s labor compromise to Little Caesars betting on Amazon Prime and ChatGPT.

A wide-angle view of a McDonald's drive-thru lane, representing this week’s top foodservice stories about industry reinvention and structural transformation.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 6.1.26

This week’s roundup covers a restaurant industry in full restructuring mode. McDonald’s revealed a sweeping global strategy built around AI and drive-thru renovation. Fat Brands’ portfolio was split into four deals after a $1.5 billion bankruptcy. And a new Dinova report shows business dining quietly outperforming the broader market — a $250 billion opportunity that flows heavily to independent restaurants.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 5.25.26

This week in foodservice: Chipotle's California crispy chicken test is dividing the internet, a Seattle pizza robot startup shut down after burning through $20 million, and the USDA confirmed food-away-from-home costs will rise 3.9% in 2026. Plus: what the loyalty data actually shows, and what Black Rock Coffee's stock price tells the industry about public markets.

Close-up of ice cubes suspended in vibrant iced matcha green tea, illustrating this week's top foodservice stories on beverage trends at the NRA Show.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 5.18.26

The NRA Show handed down its FABI Award winners and the signals are clear: protein is king, plant-based analogs are fading, and global flavors are arriving fast. Meanwhile, DoorDash pushed into dining reservations in ten cities, a federal court stayed the Section 122 tariff ruling operators were hoping to celebrate, and Lena Brands filed for Chapter 11 after Stripe froze $650,000 in operating funds. It was a week that moved fast.

Blurred image of people walking between booths at the National Restaurant Association Show

Weekly Roundup — Week of 5.11.26

The foodservice industry walks into the NRA Show this week with 80 million Mother’s Day diners in the rearview and tariff costs finally hitting invoices. Five stories, four lanes, everything operators need heading into show week.

Doing the margin math: A calculator on a plate with a fork and a knife.

Weekly Roundup — Week of 4.27.26

This week's roundup is about the math — Yum's Q1 shows what disciplined value can do, Subway and White Castle bring fresh entries to the value wars, the OCC moves to kill Illinois' swipe-fee law before it ships, beef costs catch up to Chipotle, and Carlyle closes its KFC Korea deal. Five stories on where the cost side of foodservice is going right now.

Drone delivering food at dusk

Weekly Roundup – Week of 4.20.26

This week’s roundup is full of optimism — Jersey Mike’s is eyeing a potentially historic $12B IPO, Little Caesars just delivered a full family meal by drone for the first time ever, Starbucks is reinventing the mobile order experience, and C-suite leaders at the Restaurant Leadership Conference made the case that getting back to basics is the smartest growth strategy in today’s market.

chicken sandwich on a pedestal

Weekly Roundup – Week of 4.13.26

This week’s roundup covers a lot of ground — from fuel surcharges threatening to drive up food costs across the supply chain, to Chili’s staging a chicken sandwich showdown next to a McDonald’s in New York City, to the growing urgency for foodservice brands to become visible in AI-powered search. Read on for five stories shaping the industry right now.

Enlarged image of a chicken sub sandwich with fries and ketchup in a plastic basket showing ballpark food.

Weekly Roundup – Week of 3.23.26

From the high-stakes world of QSR operational tech to the viral "chicken ice cream" hitting MLB stadiums this season, this week, we’re diving into the caffeine obsession fueling C-stores, the massive growth of bulk-buy retail, and how the GLP-1 era is fundamentally reshaping food-tech innovation.