Starbird News & Media

How Starbird, Dillas Quesadillas founders rely on AI

by Sandra Carpenter — Editor, Networld Media Group

Two of this year's Fast Casual Executive Summit panelists, Aaron Noveshen, founder and CEO of Starbird Chicken, and Kyle Gordon, co-founder and CEO of Dillas…

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Starbird appoints Maria Rivera as CEO

July 23, 2025

California-based Starbird has hired Maria Rivera as CEO, replacing founder Aaron Noveshen, who is transitioning to chairman of the Board, remaining a partner…

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Starbird expanding to Utah, Illinois

March 4, 2025

Starbird has signed two franchise development agreements to bring five locations to Salt Lake City, Utah and five to Chicago, with the first openings…

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Fast Casual Executive Summit session to delve into third-party delivery

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

A panel of speakers will discuss third-party delivery at the Fast Casual Executive Summit next month in Denver, Colorado.

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Starbird nesting in Bay Area

September 9, 2024

Starbird is expanding its Bay Area with a Monday opening in Palo Alto. A Pleasanton location will come later this fall.

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Starbird opening in Marina del Rey

March 12, 2024

Starbird is opening its 14th location in California and third in Los Angeles County on March 22 at 13161 Mindanao Way in Marina del Rey. To celebrate the…

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The Culinary Edge consults on new drive-thru salad concept in tampa

December 7, 2023

Tampa has a new salad-centric drive-thru brand, Greenlane, thanks to a collaboration between The Culinary Edge and venture capitalist Chris Burch.

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Wetzel’s creates spinoff with The Culinary Edge

May 31, 2023

Wetzel's Pretzels, specializing in pretzels, hot dogs and lemonade, has tapped The Culinary Edge to help create Twisted by Wetzel's — a spinoff concept…

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Slapfish rebranding in Utah with help from Culinary Edge

January 23, 2023

Slapfish, founded in 2011 by Andrew Gruel and sold to Mac Haik Enterprises last year, is rebranding three locations in the Salt Lake City market, thanks to a…

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Starbird achieves 4th consecutive year of 25% same-store sales growth

January 20, 2023

Starbird has achieved its fourth consecutive year of more than 25% same-store sales growth. Since the start of the year, the California-based chain has added…

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