GLG News by Restaurant Consultants

Nobody knows what the future holds for apparel sales, but considering the conditions at the moment, they don't look very good. Look for special deals from your favorite stores as they have already started with good deals and online specials. Look for the Government checks to arrive in the Spring which...

Lets look at some solid facts: Corn, wheat, and soybeans........consider them the building blocks of food costs. Ethanol exports will keep corn prices well supported for the next few years. Globally, the growing affluence of developing countries and a weakening dollar are driving demand for animal feed....

Economic conditions are putting too much pressure on most companies. Companies are in need of more liquid assests. Companies lack training becasue of rapid growth.

Say Goodbye to Starbuck's breakfast sandwiches.. Say hello to competetive coffee prices

Walmart continues to lower prices on thousands of items and will continue to do so as traffic is much needed.  I have found over the past 2 weeks many items that are 20-30% higher at Target.  I guess customers will have to choose whether saving money is more important than status or sometimes...

 Need alot more analysis before telling whether this or any other new restaurant IPO will make it. It's all about unit level economics What is the franchising plan?

Such a very early IPO effort may well not provide the strategic advantages extolled by managment.  The tradeoffs implicit in a foray into the public marketplace are significant; why a company of this size, still in the relative infancy of its development, would want to carry that...

Wal-Mart cannot provide growth opportunities based on the way they operate their stores from a staffing point. Target has already proved that by providing better and more staffing at all of their stores has provided substantial growth and much better looking stores. Shrinkage will still be an issues...

Restaurant M&A activity will continue to proliferate, though in a different model than predicted by many analysts earlier this year.  Private equity buyers seem far less interested in the restaurant space than was anticipated, partly due to macro developments, partly due to industry trends. ...

The sale and/or restructuring of Wendy's International is all but a foregone conclusion.  Peltz's Triarc is an interesting combination of a strategic buyer and a purely financial player.  It will be difficult for the WEN Board to pass on a $41 offer, but don't be surprised to see other strategic...