On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss sales results from several prominent restaurant companies, including Domino’s, CAVA, Sweetgreen, Jack in the Box, and more. With some outliers, both for good (CAVA) and bad (Krispy Kreme), restaurants were relatively stagnant in both sales and traffic, and many companies are reporting that customers are becoming increasingly cautious with their restaurant spend as consumer confidence plummets. Sam and Alicia discuss the factors at play and how restaurants can turn things around in the months ahead. In this week’s extra serving, managing editor Leigh Anne Zinsmeister joins to talk about the Women’s Foodservice Forum Leadership Conference, which she and Alicia just attended in Dallas. Find out why this event is so helpful for restaurant leaders of all walks. Finally, we share an interview between Alicia and Einstein Bros Bagels CEO Jessica DePetro on how the brand plans to conquer the breakfast daypart.

Relevant links:

NRN’s Women in Foodservice content

Women’s Foodservice Forum

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Domino’s looks to expand 3rd-party delivery

Einstein Bros Bagels is ready to conquer the breakfast daypart