Inflation helps McDonald’s, Fat Brands cobrands, and California starts sending out some checks.

A fast-food wage bill like the one passed in California could be coming to a market near you. &pizza’s CEO offers a blunt message on scheduling best practices. And restaurants keep adding jobs.

Plant-based meat sales are flat. Botrista closed a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $55 million. And Subway quietly eliminated chicken breast from its menu.

JayZ and SpaceX team up on a pizzabot, consumers apparently have a breaking point on prices, and a pair of hedge funders decide to become franchisees.

The cheese curd burger is coming back to Culver’s. Sysco workers at multiple facilities are going on strike. And a look at California Pizza Kitchen’s first burger.

KFC is testing three new Kentucky fried chicken wraps. Customers are eating breakfast again. And Mcdonald’s has another new director.

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The Never Ending Pasta Bowl is returning to Olive Garden. Crumbl Cookies has named a new COO. And why was the restaurant industry absent from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health?

The White House lays the groundwork for a new approach to food and nutrition. The restaurant IPO market has gone cold, although one restaurant supplier went public Wednesday. And Smokey Bones is doubling down on virtual brands.

Chipotle is testing two new, more-advanced technologies designed to speed throughput and improve customer experience, P.F. Chang’s is adding subscriptions and McDonalds is launching adult Happy Meals.