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title: "Food & Drink International: The Bistro Group"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/eeb5f9ef-eb00-4240-b810-23c69767c412
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/food-drink-international-the-bistro-group-2703265
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2017-07-18T14:09:20.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:20.421Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/232d4fb6b96607120c8c4a7193c31ff63104.jpg
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# Food & Drink International: The Bistro Group

**TL;DR:** The Bistro Group, a multi-unit operator of McAlister's Deli, is experiencing healthy business with strong same store sales growth. McAlister's Deli is thriving, according to Chairman of the Board Sean Conway.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-07-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/food-drink-international-the-bistro-group-2703265).*

## Story

Food and Drink Magazine, whose focus is “editorial explaining best practices for CEOs, presidents and other leaders in the restaurant chain, food processing, manufacturing and service/distribution businesses,” according to its site, profiled McAlister’s Deli multi-unit operator, The Bistro Group.

The article, which ran on June 7th, states that

“...McAlister’s Deli, which was developed more for the millennial demographic, is experiencing healthy business. ‘We’ve had very strong same store sales growth over the last eight years or so,’ he [Chairman of the Board Sean Conway] says. ‘That brand has been really thriving for us.’”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- same store sales (topic)
- McAlister's Deli (company)
- multi-unit operator (topic)
- brand performance (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/food-drink-international-the-bistro-group-2703265). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/eeb5f9ef-eb00-4240-b810-23c69767c412).