{"id":118391,"date":"2025-04-01T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/brinkers-hochman-on-chilis-accelerating-sales\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:55:29","slug":"brinkers-hochman-on-chilis-accelerating-sales","status":"publish","type":[3765],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/markets\/brinkers-hochman-on-chilis-accelerating-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinker\u2019s Hochman on Chili\u2019s Accelerating Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09bdc93d099'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>PODCAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Brinker\u2019s Hochman on Chili\u2019s Accelerating Sales<\/h1>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/trading\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Trading\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--md\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">April 1, 2025<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>Choppin&#8217; 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