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A snapshot of 80 of the top restaurant industry stocks:
Recent Gainers:
Dominos Pizza (DPZ)
+4.59% Last: 59.21
Luby's, Inc. (LUB)
+3.68% Last: 8.16
Bloomin Brands (BLMN)
+2.93% Last: 22.15
Jamba, Inc. (JMBA)
+1.97% Last: 3.10
Recent Losers:
Noble Roman's (NROM.OB)
-4.92% Last: 0.58
Cosi, Inc. (COSI)
-3.97% Last: 2.30
Nathan's Famous (NATH)
-3.40% Last: 50.52
Ignite Restaurant Group (IRG)
-2.83% Last: 18.89
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Restaurant Finance Across America
Archived postings from September, 2008...
Olive Garden never fails to disappoint
Posted: Tue, September 16, 2008 at 4:42pm (CDT)
Olive Garden\'s same store sales increased 2.4%, its 56th consecutive quarter of same-restaurant sales. The Knapp-Track(TM) benchmark was down 3.7% for the comparable period.
Darden Restaurants September 16, 2008 
McDonald's 100....Other Restaurant Chains 0
Posted: Tue, September 09, 2008 at 4:48pm (CDT)
McDonald\'s systemwide sales rose 14 percent during the month of August worldwide and increased 5 percent in the U.S. What other restaurant chain is doing as well?
McDonald's Corporation September 9, 2008
Julia Stewart's finance problems have only just begun
Posted: Mon, September 08, 2008 at 5:29pm (CDT)
Chief Financial Officer Tom Conforti announced his resignation from DineEquity today and Greggory Kalvin was named interim CFO.
Reuter's September 8, 2008
Shell's files bankruptcy
Posted: Thu, September 04, 2008 at 9:33am (CDT)
Shells filed Chapter 11 on September 3, 2008 and immediately closed eight restaurants in Florida.
Yahoo Finance September 3, 2008
Ruth's second quarter indicative of what's ailing restaurants
Posted: Tue, September 02, 2008 at 8:59pm (CDT)
Sales were down 7% and operating expenses rose 380 basis points to 50.2% of sales from 46.4% in the prior year. Ruth\'s leverage ratio at the end of the second quarter was 3.25 times (total debt divided by adjusted LTM EBITDA) versus a bank covenant level of 3.5 times.
Seeking Alpha September 2, 2008
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