Mendocino Farms adding 2nd DFW location

March 17, 2021

Mendocino Farms is opening next week in Addison, Texas, at Prestonwood Place, a 133,353-square-foot shopping center

Fuzzy's Taco Shop debuting taqueria concept

March 17, 2021

Texas-based Fuzzy's Taco Shop has created Fuzzy's Taco Shop Taqueria, which includes Fuzzy's recipes via a reduced menu in a smaller, to-go-focused footprint…

Mod Pizza provides PTO for employee vaccinations, launches anti-recidivism program

March 17, 2021

Mod Pizza is giving employees up to four hours of paid time off to get the COVID-19 vaccine — two hours for each dose received, according to a press release.

Shake Shack going all in on in-app delivery

March 17, 2021

Shake Shack has launched the nationwide rollout of its own delivery service via the iOS Shake Shack app as part of a partnership with Uber Eats, according to a…

Torchy's testing ghost kitchen in Ohio

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

March 17, 2021

Torchy's Tacos has chosen Columbus, Ohio, as the home of its first ghost kitchen, opening this spring in partnership with CloudKitchens, a real estate company…

How COVID-19 forced The Halal Guys to change marketing tactics

Ahmed Abouelenein, CEO of The Halal Guys, discusses how the New York-based chain's marketing tactics differ from pre-pandemic days.

How to Protect Your Restaurant from Online Order Scammers

Learn about how fraudsters are using the online apps to rip off restaurants through a complex scheme that intercedes online orders.

Torchy's Tacos looking at $1B IPO?

March 16, 2021

Texas-based Torchy's Tacos may be going public this year and if it does, the company could raise $300 million to be valued at $1 billion.

Taffer's Tavern adds food lockers for contactless carryout

March 16, 2021

Taffer's Tavern, a restaurant founded by Jon Taffer, the star of Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue," is providing contactless carry-out service via food lockers.

Rise Southern Biscuits inks 15-unit deal for Tennessee

March 16, 2021

Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken has inked a deal with multi-unit franchisee Fred Fordin to open a minimum of 15 Rise locations throughout…

Roll Em Up seeking multi-unit franchisees

by Pat Shea — Editor, NetworldMedia

March 16, 2021

Roll Em Up, a Chino Hills, California-based fast casual restaurant, is launching a franchise program in April and is opening two locations by year's end.

Webinar: How to hire, train and retain great pizzeria employees

March 15, 2021

The ever-present, but always vexing problem of hiring for restaurant industry in-store positions has only seemed to deepen, despite the layoffs of the…

Juice It Up opens 2nd Santa Ana location

March 15, 2021

Juice It Up has opened its second Santa Ana, California, location. Featuring a new store design and owned by husband-and-wife duo, Burcin and Aycan Ekener, the…

Mountain Mike's franchisee opens 2 stores in 1 week

March 15, 2021

A longtime Mountain Mike's Pizza franchisee and developer agent has opened two stores in Riverside County, California in a single week. Robby Basati opened…

Power Cycling Your Modem or Other Remote Device with a Remote Power Reboot Router

When one of your critical networking devices locks up and the connection is lost, your options for recovery are limited. Typically, the first call is to your…

From bakesales to big sales: The Cupcake Collection founder shares path to success

Mignon Francois, the founder of The Cupcake Collection, reveals how she went from baking and selling cupcakes out of her home to opening storefronts in…

How to Build a Digital Commerce Flywheel

There continues to be a disconnect between the digital and physical operations of most businesses. The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology that…

Billion dollar dreams: Olo’s IPO could be valued at $3B

by Dmytro Spilka — CEO, Solvid

Restaurant software company, Olo, plans to raise as much as $306 million in an IPO. The New York-based business is pitching the offering to investors as the…

Saladworks' owner acquires The Simple Greek by Marcus Lemonis

March 12, 2021

WOWorks, the parent company of Saladworks, has added a big name to its portfolio. The Simple Greek — a Mediterranean franchise founded in 2015, in Youngstown…

Biscuitville promotes 3 employees

March 12, 2021

McKinley Greer, Jenna Hiera and Jasmine Daniels have earned promotions at Biscuitville Fresh Southern, a 63-unit chain based in Greensboro, North Carolina…