Two words come to mind for the anatomy of a deal the last few years: flexibility and creativity. Those two words were the hallmark of deals completed during the height of the pandemic and…
At the recent Restaurant Finance & Development Conference, I had the good fortune of moderating a real estate panel with three experts: Victor Calanog, a Moody’s economist renowned in the real estate sector; Glen…
After taking advantage of targeted government programs, offered as lifelines in a drifting economic sea, the restaurant industry now heads for shore, but with a few extra passengers on board. With Main Street loans,…
This issue of the Monitor features the top 200 franchisees, proving once again the scope and importance of franchising in restaurants. There were winners and losers from the pandemic, but there is one constant:…
Working through the pandemic and watching the ups and downs of the financing world, I saw obvious winners and losers. The QSR world, particularly with drive-thrus, along with those with effcient takeout and delivery,…
One growth strategy deployed in the franchise world is when multi-unit operators acquire their own concepts and sometimes become franchisors. There are numerous examples, but relatively few successful ones. Being a franchisee is a…
There have been so many interesting developments in restaurant lending over the last nine months. The PPP loan program has obviously gotten the most press, but, of real assistance, the Economic Injury Disaster Loans…
Something evident from the recent Restaurant Finance Week was the great number of new ideas and serious discussions on what post-Covid restaurant concepts will look like. I would like to draw on some of…
Monroe Moxness Berg will present a panel discussion “Sustaining Restaurants Through New Collaborative Relationships” at the Restaurant Finance Week, a digital forum taking place November 9-13 and organized by Restaurant Finance Monitor. The panel…
