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We honestly feel that this is our time, so I've been with noodles for 17 years.

There's so many great aspects of this brand and we just lost our way for a little while.

We feel the menu initiatives, the people initiatives, the operational initiatives,

the digital initiatives, and gain the leadership team right.

If we don't hit an inflection point, I'll be very disappointed.

Welcome to the Baron Streetwise podcast.

I'm Jack Howe.

The voice you just heard, that's Dave Bondinghausen.

He's the CEO of Noodles and Company, Ticker, N-D-L-S.

And in a moment, we'll hear about his turnaround effort and what many restaurants

call their biggest difficulty now, finding workers.

We'll also talk with a restaurant analyst who recently upgraded noodles stock

and who says the industry's recovery is happening faster than she expected.

If you're wondering what that means for independent restaurants,

we'll hear from one of those two.

Nino's in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, but an hour outside of Pittsburgh.

So get ready for a finance feast.

Anyone want to do a Caesar salad for the table?

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