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If you judge a restaurant’s success by how long a line of customers it attracts, then Shake Shack is surely a winner.  The popular burger and shake chain attracts multitudes of devotees to its nearly 20 units in the U.S. and abroad.  What’s its secret?  CEO Randy Garutti joins us to share: how Shake Shack […]

(Here’s the latest in a series of “Brand Experience Briefs” — reports with insights and analysis of new and interesting restaurant and retail concepts.) The Habit is one of the many “better burger” chains generating a lot of buzz these days. Although its charburgers do taste good, the company needs to work harder to differentiate the brand […]

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak at Dine America, the invitation-only conference for senior executives in foodservice, produced by QSR Magazine.  Insights from my session, The Price is Right (winning pricing strategies for QSRs) will be featured in an upcoming edition of my monthly column with the magazine. In the meantime, I […]