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This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Sweetgreen’s already bad fortunes worsened Thursday when the company reported an 11.5% drop in same-store sales in Q4, according to an earnings release. Net losses ballooned to $49.7 million on the quarter and $134.1 million for the whole year,  The dire straits the brand now finds itself in led to its Sweet Growth Transformation Plan, an initiati ...

By Karen Roman Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHAK) shares rose 7% after it said fourth quarter total revenue increased 21.9% from the year prior to $ 400.5 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $56.1 million and net income attributable to Shake Shack was $11.8 million, or $0.28 earnings per diluted share, it stated. During fiscal year 2025 Shake Shack opened 45 new company-operated locations and 40 new licensed Shacks, it said. “Despite a macroeconomic environment that remained uncertain for much of the year, our te ...

The U.S. stock market experienced a significant pullback on Thursday, February 26th, 2026, as investors grappled with a "sell the news" reaction following the highly anticipated earnings report from the world’s leading artificial intelligence chipmaker. Despite reporting financial results that exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts, the tech-heavy Nasdaq led a broad market decline, highlighting growing concerns about the sustainability of current AI valuations and the potential for a spending plateau a ...

Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images Listen below or on the go on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Investors rotate from AI to A1 as breadth increases. (0:16) Krispy Kreme and Shake Shack surge on earnings. (1:13) S&P 500 triggers sixth Hindenburg Omen signal. (3:26) This is an abridged transcript of the podcast: Our top story so far, investors are going from AI to A1. Looking at forward valuations, the premium investors were paying for the mega caps has faded — and they’re now willing to pay up for ...

Achieved 120 basis points of restaurant-level margin expansion in 2025 by transitioning to a best-in-class operations model focused on labor deployment rather than labor cutting. Improved guest experience and throughput by reducing average wait times from seven minutes in 2023 to under six minutes in 2025 through optimized scheduling. Mitigated mid-teens beef inflation in the second half of 2025 by conducting the most comprehensive RFPs in company history to diversify the supplier base and foster comp ...

Quick Read Shake Shack (SHAK) Q4 EPS of $0.37 beat consensus by 173%. Revenue grew 24.8% to $400.53M. Shake Shack cut new location costs 20% to under $2M per unit. The company plans 55-60 new openings in 2026. Restaurant margins held at 22.7% despite beef inflation. Free cash flow grew 58.5% to $56.51M. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks. Get them here FREE. Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) delivered a standout Q4, posting earnings that nearly tripled Wall Street's expe ...

Pre-market indexes are swinging back into positive territory from lower early-morning levels, now erasing the big losses in the first part of this week on all but the small-cap Russell 2000, which is break-even over the past five trading days. This morning, the Dow is +110 points, +0.22%, the S&P 500 is +6, +0.09%, the Nasdaq +7, +0.03% and the Russell 2000 +4, +0.18%.Jobless Claims Come In-Line to Lower: 212K, 1.833MIt’s a “normal” Thursday morning, so we get new Weekly Jobless Claims figures, and once aga ...

Key Takeaways New Jobless Claims Remain Low at 212KLonger-Term Claims Come Down As Well: 1.833MCelsius, Shake Shack and Baidu Beat EarningsThursday, February 26th, 2026Pre-market indexes are swinging back into positive territory from lower early-morning levels, now erasing the big losses in the first part of this week on all but the small-cap Russell 2000, which is break-even over the past five trading days. This morning, the Dow is +110 points, +0.22%, the S&P 500 is +6, +0.09%, the Nasdaq +7, +0.03% and t ...

Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.26 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.25 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.38 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +6.12%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this owner of Outback Steakhouse and other casual dining spots would post a loss of $0.12 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.03, delivering a surprise of +7 ...