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Taco Bell’s new beverage concept, Papa Johns turnaround plan, and Starbucks’ better benefits
On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss Taco Bell’s new Live Mas Café, a beverage-focused prototype that follows McDonald’s CosMc’s concept as well as the boom in drive-thru coffee chains like Dutch Bros and 7 Brew. Will this prove to be a fruitful direction in a beverage-crazed world or a distraction from the core business model? Plus, Papa Johns and new CEO Todd Penegor have developed a blueprint for how that pizza chain hopes to turn its struggling sales around; Sam and Alicia talk about the challenge ahead for Papa Johns as it…
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