News & Media
Chicken Salad Chick readies 2nd Louisiana location
June 18, 2021
Chicken Salad Chick has opened its latest location in Slidell, Louisiana, marking the state's second location after the first opened two months ago in Gonzales.
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How vegan-friendly options drive traffic for The Hummus & Pita Co
Dave Pesso, co-founder of NYC's The Hummus & Pita Co., spent the bulk of the pandemic creating a vegan-friendly menu and developing a supply chain to allow…
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RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Vya
Restaurant franchisors partner with Vya to easily provide franchisees access to customizable marketing materials, reduce custom creative requests, simplify LTO…
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Rave Restaurant Group Names Clint Fendley CFO
June 17, 2021
Dallas-based Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, said it promoted its vice president of finance, Clint Fendley, to chief financial officer, effective July 5…
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AI doesn't replace the restaurant marketer
by Jessica Shelcusky — Senior Marketing Specialist, Paytronix
If used properly, artificial intelligence gives marketers the information, insight and confidence they need to maximize returns when engaging and motivating…
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Life's a (Venice) Beach for Everbowl
June 17, 2021
San Diego-based craft superfood chain Everbowl has expanded into the Los Angeles market with four locations — one each in Hollywood, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas…
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Huey Magoo's signs 200th franchise
June 17, 2021
Huey Magoo's has inked franchise agreements to enter North Carolina and Ohio as well as deals adding locations to cities in Florida and Tennessee totaling 20…
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Missouri's capital city welcomes Slim Chickens
June 17, 2021
Slim Chickens, a 129-unit chain based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, opened last week in Jefferson City, Missouri, at 2207 Missouri Blvd., with R Solutions Holding…
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Killer Burger entering Idaho
June 17, 2021
Portland's Killer Burger multi-unit franchisee Wes Walterman has signed a lease to open the brand's first Idaho location at 85 W. Prairie Shopping Center in…
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P Terry’s introduces app, revamps online ordering
June 17, 2021
P. Terry's Burger Stand, a family owned burger chain based in Austin, is launching an online ordering app to allow guests to order meals on-the-go for takeout…
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Starbucks promotes Culver, Conway, Burns to leadership roles
June 16, 2021
Starbucks Corp. has promoted John Culver, who has led the international division for 15 years, to group president, North America, according to a press release.
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RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Restaurant 365
Restaurant365 is a cloud-based, all-inclusive, back-office solution that combines key restaurant modules with an integrated accounting backbone. Restaurant36…
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BurgerFi joining Russel Microcap Index
June 16, 2021
BurgerFi International Inc., which FastCasual recently named as the top brand on its 2021 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers list, is joining the Russell…
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TundraFMP bundles 4 foodservice products into 1 offering
June 16, 2021
In an effort to cut costs for restaurant operators, TundraFMP has combined four of its foodservice brands — Franklin, Mavrik, Culitek and KNGout — into one…
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Restaurateurs promoting Black-owned brands via Juneteenth dance party
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Keyia and Ferhat Yalcin, the husband-and-wife duo behind Fishnet Restaurant, a fast casual seafood eatery in downtown Baltimore, will host a free online dance…
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Whole Foods now selling Little Sesame hummus
June 16, 2021
After launching its first retail line last month, Washington D.C.-based Little Sesame said its hummus was available at 13 Whole Foods locations in the…
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Ice cream sales in no danger of melting away
June 16, 2021
Ice cream sales after Memorial Day Weekend were up 74% over the same period in 2020, according to Paytronix Systems Inc., which found that the weekend's daily…
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Happy Joe's selects Speedline for online ordering
June 16, 2021
Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream has selected SpeedLine Solutions Inc. as its exclusive online ordering provider, according to a news release. The Iowa-based…
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Former Tropical Smoothie powerhouse launching PowerSoul Cafe
June 16, 2021
Dina Mitchell, a former area developer for Atlanta-based Topical Smoothie Cafe, is launching PowerSoul Cafe, a real fruit blended smoothie concept offering…
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Roll-Em-Up Taquitos continues national expansion
June 16, 2021
Southern California-based Roll-Em-Up Taquitos has two locations open — one each in Chino Hills and Brea — but the homemade taquito brand is targeting markets…
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