[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@jonathanmaze](/creator/twitter/jonathanmaze) "Some ugly US same-store sales numbers for Yum Brands outside of Taco Bell (+4%): KFC: -X% Pizza Hut: -X% Habit: -X% $YUM" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1952697716074586542) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-08-05T11:46Z 17.9K followers, 14.6K engagements "We published our profile on @kdhochman the CEO of Chili's owner Brinker International and engineer of one of the most remarkable years I've seen a restaurant chain have. Had a lot of fun writing this one" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1905980486272336070) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-03-29T13:48Z 17.9K followers, 4955 engagements "I had George Felix the CMO of Chili's parent Brinker International on the podcast this week talking about marketing and such. This was a fun podcast and you should totally check it out" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1918011912312259045) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-05-01T18:37Z 17.9K followers, 2453 engagements "Not sure what to make of this. Anyway Long John Silver's is putting a chicken on its logo to highlight its chicken offerings. Not sure if this is a permanent change or just some marketing gimmick. But it's tough to be a seafood chain so you get things like this" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1975176858095255994) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-06T12:30Z 17.9K followers, 38.5K engagements "Cava CEO Brett Schulman at CREATE: "If you have a good product good brand good team money will find you. The big challenge is who you want to partner with." Alignment between a company and its PE investor is super important. $CAVA" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978508556677575082) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T17:09Z 17.9K followers, 1363 engagements "Cava started preparing for a potential IPO long before it actually did so. It did mock press releases hired a chief accounting officer did internal audits etc. It also did mock earnings calls. I hope those mock calls prepared Brett Schulman to answer X questions in one" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978511603499724996) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T17:21Z 17.9K followers, 1641 engagements "Dominos US same-store sales: 5.2%. International up 1.7%. Company generated traffic with its Best Deal Ever promotion and Stuffed CrustPizza. Imagine DoorDash helped. $DPZ" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978055955163091107) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-14T11:11Z 17.9K followers, 2100 engagements "Domino's really pessimistic about the state of industry sales right now. "We've definitely been seeing a slowing across restaurant industry sales." $DPZ" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978080597001003084) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-14T12:48Z 17.9K followers, 8483 engagements "Dave's Hot Chicken President Jim Bitticks on whether the fast-casual chain would do breakfast outside of airport locations where it's required: "Breakfast is like no-man's land. Everybody wants to do breakfast and it always sucks." Said there is no plan to do it" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978547029254053938) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T19:42Z 17.9K followers, 4324 engagements "Domino's says that its Best Deal Ever which gives consumers any pizza for $XXXX is profitable for franchisees because of the company's purchasing power. The deal is running longer than expected due to franchisee demand. $DPZ" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978077259714953413) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-14T12:35Z 17.9K followers, 5220 engagements "Domino's warning about the macro environment saying it "could" affect results. Says that it has "intensified across the restaurant industry" at the outset of 4Q. $DPZ" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978079436281889219) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-14T12:44Z 17.9K followers, 8897 engagements "Cava's Brett Schulman is a quote machine. Here are a couple: "It's very difficult to cut your way to prosperity." "I'm not driving a speed boat any longer. I'm driving an aircraft carrier." "You cannot market your way out of a bad operating experience." $CAVA" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978512818077864260) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T17:26Z 17.9K followers, 6026 engagements "Cava's Brett Schulman on the term "slop bowl." "I know our food is not slop. It's our job to communicate against that. Everybody is trying to generate a clickbait headline. We just have to keep our heads down and prove it to be the opposite" of slop" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978513666476478930) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T17:29Z 17.9K followers, 75.1K engagements "Restaurants are on pace for more than 40000 limited-time offers this year which would be more than double the number in 2022 and would be a record for the third straight year per @technomic. Brands need sales and traffic and social media is pushing innovation" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978537690946519150) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-15T19:05Z 17.9K followers, 4583 engagements "So I guess the Del Taco acquisition didn't work for Jack in the Box. Jack bought the chain for $XXX million and is now selling the brand to franchisee Yadav Enterprises for $XXX million. $JACK" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978796357621084228) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-16T12:13Z 17.9K followers, 10.8K engagements "I wrote about the massive change in the fast-food environment in the four years since Jack in the Box bought Del Taco. The industry has defied a lot of predictions of that time" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1978946919826063618) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-16T22:11Z 17.9K followers, 11.6K engagements "So @dominos unveiled its first brand refresh in XX years with new colors typeface and a new jingle "Dommminos" by Shaboozey. There are also new boxes including a special black-and-gold box for premium pizzas. $DPZ" [X Link](https://x.com/jonathanmaze/status/1975901229009215857) [@jonathanmaze](/creator/x/jonathanmaze) 2025-10-08T12:28Z 17.9K followers, 13K engagements
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@jonathanmaze
"Some ugly US same-store sales numbers for Yum Brands outside of Taco Bell (+4%): KFC: -X% Pizza Hut: -X% Habit: -X% $YUM"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-08-05T11:46Z 17.9K followers, 14.6K engagements
"We published our profile on @kdhochman the CEO of Chili's owner Brinker International and engineer of one of the most remarkable years I've seen a restaurant chain have. Had a lot of fun writing this one"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-03-29T13:48Z 17.9K followers, 4955 engagements
"I had George Felix the CMO of Chili's parent Brinker International on the podcast this week talking about marketing and such. This was a fun podcast and you should totally check it out"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-05-01T18:37Z 17.9K followers, 2453 engagements
"Not sure what to make of this. Anyway Long John Silver's is putting a chicken on its logo to highlight its chicken offerings. Not sure if this is a permanent change or just some marketing gimmick. But it's tough to be a seafood chain so you get things like this"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-06T12:30Z 17.9K followers, 38.5K engagements
"Cava CEO Brett Schulman at CREATE: "If you have a good product good brand good team money will find you. The big challenge is who you want to partner with." Alignment between a company and its PE investor is super important. $CAVA"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T17:09Z 17.9K followers, 1363 engagements
"Cava started preparing for a potential IPO long before it actually did so. It did mock press releases hired a chief accounting officer did internal audits etc. It also did mock earnings calls. I hope those mock calls prepared Brett Schulman to answer X questions in one"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T17:21Z 17.9K followers, 1641 engagements
"Dominos US same-store sales: 5.2%. International up 1.7%. Company generated traffic with its Best Deal Ever promotion and Stuffed CrustPizza. Imagine DoorDash helped. $DPZ"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-14T11:11Z 17.9K followers, 2100 engagements
"Domino's really pessimistic about the state of industry sales right now. "We've definitely been seeing a slowing across restaurant industry sales." $DPZ"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-14T12:48Z 17.9K followers, 8483 engagements
"Dave's Hot Chicken President Jim Bitticks on whether the fast-casual chain would do breakfast outside of airport locations where it's required: "Breakfast is like no-man's land. Everybody wants to do breakfast and it always sucks." Said there is no plan to do it"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T19:42Z 17.9K followers, 4324 engagements
"Domino's says that its Best Deal Ever which gives consumers any pizza for $XXXX is profitable for franchisees because of the company's purchasing power. The deal is running longer than expected due to franchisee demand. $DPZ"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-14T12:35Z 17.9K followers, 5220 engagements
"Domino's warning about the macro environment saying it "could" affect results. Says that it has "intensified across the restaurant industry" at the outset of 4Q. $DPZ"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-14T12:44Z 17.9K followers, 8897 engagements
"Cava's Brett Schulman is a quote machine. Here are a couple: "It's very difficult to cut your way to prosperity." "I'm not driving a speed boat any longer. I'm driving an aircraft carrier." "You cannot market your way out of a bad operating experience." $CAVA"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T17:26Z 17.9K followers, 6026 engagements
"Cava's Brett Schulman on the term "slop bowl." "I know our food is not slop. It's our job to communicate against that. Everybody is trying to generate a clickbait headline. We just have to keep our heads down and prove it to be the opposite" of slop"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T17:29Z 17.9K followers, 75.1K engagements
"Restaurants are on pace for more than 40000 limited-time offers this year which would be more than double the number in 2022 and would be a record for the third straight year per @technomic. Brands need sales and traffic and social media is pushing innovation"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-15T19:05Z 17.9K followers, 4583 engagements
"So I guess the Del Taco acquisition didn't work for Jack in the Box. Jack bought the chain for $XXX million and is now selling the brand to franchisee Yadav Enterprises for $XXX million. $JACK"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-16T12:13Z 17.9K followers, 10.8K engagements
"I wrote about the massive change in the fast-food environment in the four years since Jack in the Box bought Del Taco. The industry has defied a lot of predictions of that time"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-16T22:11Z 17.9K followers, 11.6K engagements
"So @dominos unveiled its first brand refresh in XX years with new colors typeface and a new jingle "Dommminos" by Shaboozey. There are also new boxes including a special black-and-gold box for premium pizzas. $DPZ"
X Link @jonathanmaze 2025-10-08T12:28Z 17.9K followers, 13K engagements
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