News & Media
Farmer Boys opening 100th location
October 6, 2020
Farmer Boys, based in Southern California, is celebrating the opening of its 100th restaurant Oct. 23 at 23190 Cajalco Expwy., in Perris, California. Guests…
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Impact Kitchen relaunches with tech suite and customer loyalty app
October 6, 2020
Toronto-based health food restaurant, Impact Kitchen, not only reopened all four of its locations, it now has a new and streamlined tech suite and customer…
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Starbucks, Lyft giving free rides to the polls
October 6, 2020
As part of its goal to encourage voting this year, Starbucks is s providing all U.S. employees a free one-way Lyft ride up to $75, to the polls to vote…
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Pie Five, Pizza Inn parent adds executives to franchise development team
October 6, 2020
Rave Restaurant Group Inc., the Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, has hired two executives away from Bojangles' to help lead its franchise development efforts.
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Fiesta Group reports negative Q3 sales, making improvements
October 6, 2020
Although Fiesta Restaurant Group's comparable sales were negative, the parent company of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana saw major improvements during Q3 and…
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Scooter's Coffee sees continued growth in Colorado
October 6, 2020
Scooter's Coffee LLC, a Midwest-based drive-thru coffee franchise, is continuing expansion in Colorado by signing a three-unit deal with brothers Todd, Tim and…
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SocialEats goes to Hollywood
October 5, 2020
Hospitality Group K2 Restaurants is expanding SocialEats, a food discovery concept optimized for local appeal, operational efficiency and scalability from…
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Life's a Beach for Dickey's
October 5, 2020
Dickey's Barbecue Pit owner operator and Army veteran Wendy Williams is opening her second location next year in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She inked the expansion…
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Conquering catering with Dickey's CEO
Since launching Big Yellow Box, a self-contained catering option for smaller groups of up to 12, the catering option has seen an average weekly increase in…
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Habit Burger making Massachusetts debut
October 5, 2020
Massachusetts is getting its first location of The Habit Burger Grill when it opens this week in Wilmington at 196 Ballardvale St., according to a company…
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FAT Brands adds co-branded store in California
October 5, 2020
FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Fatburger, Buffalo's Express and seven other restaurant concepts, has opened a co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo's Express in…
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How Fry The Coop's operational changes led to soaring sales
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Like so many other small businesses, the pandemic forced Fry the Coop to close its dining rooms, but owner Joe Fontana immediately transformed his dine-in…
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Gimbal’s On-the-Way SDK Creates Curbside Efficiencies for Retailers and Restaurants
Gimbal announced the launch of its On-the-Way SDK, a real-time solution connecting mobile orders with in-store, curbside, and drive-thru pickup options. This…
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Why Camile Thai Kitchen is going 'all in' on drones, robots
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Camile Thai Kitchen founder and CEO Brody Sweeney discusses how lockdown restrictions led to a 50% increase in sales as well as why he's investing in drones…
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Whizz App hoping to ease delivery driver discomfort
October 1, 2020
WaBa Grill, which serves healthy rice bowls, is partnering with The Whizz App, an app created by gig workers for gig workers providing subscribers with a…
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Noodles making comeback amid pandemic
October 1, 2020
After clawing its way back from years of sales losses, Noodles & Co. has returned to positive comparable sales growth during fiscal September with the…
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Gosh promotes Marketing VP to CMO
October 1, 2020
Gosh Enterprises, parent company of Bibibop Asian Grill, Charleys Philly Steaks and Lennys Grill and Subs, has promoted Brian Hipsher to CMO of all three…
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LAX expands mobile food and beverage ordering
October 1, 2020
LAXOrderNow.com is a new food service program that lets hungry travelers coming through the Los Angeles International Airport use their mobile device to order…
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Wiz Khalifa hopes fast casual joint is next hit
October 1, 2020
Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa is getting in the restaurant business with HotBox by Wiz, a delivery-only restaurant chain…
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Qdoba scoops up former Potbelly exec
October 1, 2020
Qdoba Mexican Eats has hired franchising industry veteran Peter Ortiz as VP of franchise development, where he is directing the 730-unit brand's franchise…
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