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  "id": 6984305,
  "title": "Is Toast Stock a Buy After a Record 9,500-Restaurant Quarter?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/is-toast-stock-a-buy-after-a-record-9-500-restaurant-quarter",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-12T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
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    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/12/is-toast-stock-a-buy-after-record-9500-restaurant/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Toast is a digital restaurant platform that provides automation and connection services for chains and individual restaurant owners. The company's products have been adopted by a large number of restaurants, with 9,500 new locations added in the second quarter, a 22% increase over the previous year, according to Yahoo Finance. This brings the total number of locations to 180,000.\n\nToast's stock performance has been poor since its 2021 debut, down almost 9% this year despite the company's excellent performance. The company uses annualized recurring run rate (ARR) as its top-line metric and has reported strong sales growth.\n\nBoth Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance describe Toast as a fast-growing digital restaurant platform that saves companies money by automating and connecting their activities, replacing traditional methods such as handwritten orders.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "Is Toast Stock a Buy After a Record 9,500-Restaurant Quarter?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/is-toast-stock-a-buy-after-a-record-9-500-restaurant-quarter-6986034",
        "published": "2026-09-12T19:50:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Is Toast Stock a Buy After a Record 9,500-Restaurant Quarter?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/is-toast-stock-a-buy-after-a-record-9-500-restaurant-quarter-6985424",
        "published": "2026-09-12T19:50:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}