TL;DR
Restaurant Business is investigating closures and layoffs at Crumbl, a cookie giant. The podcast The Week in Restaurants also discusses TGI Fridays' expansion and DoorDash's new tool for restaurant customers.
A cookie giant is crumbling.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at our investigation into closures and layoffs at Crumbl.
TGI Fridays is expanding again and we discuss the opportunities at the casual-dining chain.
DoorDash has a new tool for its restaurant customers. We discuss how that will work and whether the third-party delivery provider is getting too powerful.
We also talk about Diafa, the Abu Dhabi-based company looking to dominate the world of luxury restaurants. And on Tech Check Joe Guszkowski talks about restaurant tech companies combatting a tough economic environment.
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Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.
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This story was originally published in Restaurant Business on October 2, 2026. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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