Starbucks China, SPB, meal deals
Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast Starbucks China has hired its first chief growth officer. Tony Yang will be tasked with improving Starbucks China’s performance as the coffee chain’s second-largest market faces intense competition from brands like Luckin Coffee. SPB Hospitality, the owner of Krystal and other restaurant brands, sold a group of brewery concepts that it acquired in 2020. The buyer is Kelly Companies of Southern California. The breweries include Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch and have a total of 16 locations. A meal-deal battle is brewing between Chili’s and Applebee’s. The fight pits Chili’s $10.99 3 for Me meal against Applebee’s recently launched Really Big Meal Deal for $9.99. Chili’s meal has been a big part of its recent success and has helped it steal share from rival Applebee’s. That prompted Applebee’s to launch a competing deal. 7 Brew has named a former KFC executive as its first ever chief marketing officer. Nick Chavez most recently served in the same position at KFC and has experience in marketing at Nintendo and Yahoo. Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
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Starbucks China has hired its first chief growth officer. Tony Yang will be tasked with improving Starbucks China’s performance as the coffee chain’s second-largest market faces intense competition from brands like Luckin Coffee.
SPB Hospitality, the owner of Krystal and other restaurant brands, sold a group of brewery concepts that it acquired in 2020. The buyer is Kelly Companies of Southern California. The breweries include Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch and have a total of 16 locations.
A meal-deal battle is brewing between Chili’s and Applebee’s. The fight pits Chili’s $10.99 3 for Me meal against Applebee’s recently launched Really Big Meal Deal for $9.99. Chili’s meal has been a big part of its recent success and has helped it steal share from rival Applebee’s. That prompted Applebee’s to launch a competing deal.
7 Brew has named a former KFC executive as its first ever chief marketing officer. Nick Chavez most recently served in the same position at KFC and has experience in marketing at Nintendo and Yahoo.
Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast.
