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Mod Pizza narrows its menu after listening to customers

Mod Pizza, one of the larger fast-casual pizza chains, is cutting the choose-your-own-topping free-for-all and moving toward a curated set of five signature builds plus a Mediterranean salad and expanded desserts.

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7 Brew takes its drive-thru drinks into Walmart shelves

7 Brew, one of the fastest-growing drive-thru coffee chains in the country, is moving into Walmart with bottled coffee and energy drinks.

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Chain menus are shifting fast. Here's what independents should watch.

Cracker Barrel, Subway, Sonic, Buffalo Wild Wings, and several other major chains all updated their menus in the same cycle.

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Vendor Billing & Audits

Sysco surcharges, US Foods invoice errors, supplier credits, and the spreadsheets that catch them.

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Labor & Hiring

Turnover, scheduling, payroll comparisons, and the operator playbooks that actually retain staff.

Operations & Audit

POS migrations, daily ops, the audit habit that catches what dashboards miss.

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Macro signals, regulation shifts, and what they mean for a single-unit indie.

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