Jonathan Maze

@McFranchisee Don’t really think I could eat all that food though

For $27 you can get this, if you use app offers, you can add even more… 3 McChickens 2 McDoubles 20 pc Nuggies 5 small fries 5 small drinks

I wrote about Wendy's and Bob Wright, and why that is a no-brainer hire for the brand, particularly now. Wright did a really good job with Potbelly. But now he gets a tough fix in Wendy's. $WEN It's a tough fix. Check these two-year numbers. platform.informaconnect.com/rb/financing/w…

@davidhenkes I can pretend to be Dave Parker eating a Big Mac.

@jonathanmaze The stovepipe look makes this feel like you're being served at McDonalds by a 1970s era Pittsburgh Pirate.

I love cheesy restaurant merch but this is atrocious

Along with Jeff Goldblum & Peter Frampton, Willem Dafoe was 1 of our top 5 friendliest guest stars I had guests in the studio - who I told to sit back/not interfere - but Willem introduced himself to all, talked to each person & was so charming Plus he totally nailed the role!

@McFranchisee @PaulCharchian I think you should post that list.

@jonathanmaze @PaulCharchian My list as a franchisee of what I hope I don’t see when I pull up is not as PG. As you know, crazy customers are everywhere

Topic for @McFranchisee: You walk into the lobby of a random McDonalds for the first time. What are the instant signs that it’s a well-run store?

@McFranchisee @PaulCharchian That's the craziest list I've ever seen.

@PaulCharchian IMO: ✅ lot clean ✅ lobby clean ✅ staffed I will say, the lot & lobby are a constant battle. I can have cleaned the entire lot (or lobby) and 15 min later it looks like a rough 2AM party just got over.

@DeRushaJ If some of those openings got this kind of attention maybe there'd be fewer closings.

A business closing gets about 1 million times the attention of anything opening. Just open season for an owner to say whatever, people who know nothing then can say some other nonsense, it’s wild

Noteworthy quote from Mark King on the Jack in the Box call: "Where has Jack struggled? I think it's across the board. I don't think there's any one area." He would later amend it somewhat to say, "We do not have a food problem." $JACK

@enovinson Right. Clearly. But it's just so weird.

@jonathanmaze They're trying to game the numbers because the remaining restaurants will have better results.

One of the weirdest things about Jack in the Box right now is that it is pushing franchisees to close some restaurants early, even when they have active leases, arguing that there's a 30% sales transfer to nearby locations. $JACK

Jack in the Box interim CEO Mark King is on the company's earnings call just 72 hours after he took the job. $JACK

Jack in the Box says that beef costs drove commodity cost inflation of 5% last quarter. $JACK

For those of you keeping score, over the past 15 months the company: Changed CEOs; Named the CFO interim CEO after just five weeks on the job, then named him permanent CEO; Sold Del Taco 3 years after buying it; Reported some brutal same-store sales; Won a proxy fight against Sardar Biglari to oust its chairman; Watched its chairman leave anyway; Battled with multiple franchisees; Changed its CEO again.

Well would you look at that. Jack in the Box is changing CEOs AGAIN. Lance Tucker, thrust into the job last year, is out. Former Taco Bell CEO Mark King, named chairman earlier this year, is interim CEO. Good grief. nrn.com/restaurant-exe…

@CityLimitsQ He was ousted in 2024, setting the stage for the current disaster.

@jonathanmaze Wonder what happened to the exec who thought breakfast was a good idea.

I wrote about Wendy's as reports emerged that Nelson Peltz is looking for financing to take the brand private. Regardless, its downfall has been sad and completely unnecessary. And it will take more investment to get it back on the right track. restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/can-…

Honestly not much of a surprise.

@McFranchisee @BGbunster That’s the issue with Pizza Hut. It’s a disaster.

@jonathanmaze @BGbunster Not now not 5 years ago, not 10 years ago.

Fascinating lawsuit. A big Pizza Hut franchisee is suing the brand, arguing that the company's forced use of corporate technology damaged its sales through DoorDash. By @BGbunster restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/fra…

@McFranchisee @BGbunster Would you want to be a franchisee of Pizza Hut right now?

@jonathanmaze @BGbunster Rule #1 - if you want to stop being a franchisee, just sue your franchisor