🚨 EPISODE 1: Wendy's Takeover Bid, Starbucks Layoffs & Knoops Crosses the Atlantic
In hospitality, you can't afford to wait. The Rush is your weekly download on what's moving fast in QSR: openings, brand moves, funding, tech, and the trends reshaping how restaurants grow. Every Thursday, in under 30 minutes, stay caught up worldwide.
IN THIS EPISODE:
🔹 Wendy's stock jumps on reports Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund is preparing a takeover bid
🔹 Starbucks lays off 200+ corporate workers — its 8th round in two years — ahead of its Nashville move
🔹 Blank Street closes a Series B
🔹 UK's Knoops makes its long-awaited US debut in Salt Lake City, eyeing America as its biggest market by 2032
🔹 KFC teams up with La Vieille Ferme for a "Coq au Vin" wine bar pop-up in Shoreditch
🔹 Yo-Chi opens its first UK store in Notting Hill
🔹 Saudi Arabia's F&B sector shifts toward health-led, drive-thru concepts
Hosted by Ed Barry, founder/CEO of Edify, who built, scaled, and sold Over Under, the celebrated coffee chain, alongside Kallie Kocourek, founder of GSD Collective and a seasoned hospitality and growth consultant. Decades of franchise experience, broken down for operators and founders.
Fast-paced. No fluff. Every Thursday.
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