TL;DR
Just Salad has partnered with Jalen Brunson, a member of the NBA champion New York Knicks. The partnership is discussed in the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants.
Just Salad’s newest investor is a champion.
This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast The Week in Restaurants looks at the salad chain’s partnership with Jalen Brunson, a member of the NBA champion New York Knicks.
We also discuss Red Lobster’s all-you-can-eat shrimp debacle, which is back in the news.
And we talk about our analysis of restaurant sales over the past five years and what that says about the overall state of the industry.
All that plus Tech Check from Senior Tech Editor Joe Guszkowski.
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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 July 2, 2026. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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