Jersey Mike’s has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC for a proposed initial public offering, with no share count or price range yet disclosed. The offering remains subject to market conditions and completion of the SEC review process. The confidential filing route—established under the JOBS Act—allows companies to test regulatory reception and refine their S-1 before public scrutiny begins, giving management more flexibility to adjust timing if market conditions shift.

OpenTable has released survey findings showing that mothers and maternal figures prefer a restaurant reservation over breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day, citing messiness as the top complaint about the classic gesture, followed by the cleanup it creates. To accompany the data, the platform published its annual Top 100 Brunch Restaurants list, curated with larger tables and family-friendly options in mind. The finding is intuitive but commercially useful for OpenTable: it reframes a cultural ritual that requires nothing from the platform into one that centers a reservation.

Red Lobster has revived its Endless Shrimp promotion starting April 20, offering five dishes including a new addition alongside returning classics—responding to what the brand describes as sustained demand from its customer base. The promotion is positioned as limited-time only. The return of Endless Shrimp carries some institutional weight for Red Lobster: the promotion was directly implicated in the chain’s 2023 financial difficulties, when it was converted to a permanent menu item and contributed to significant losses before the company filed for bankruptcy.