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Curry Up Now moving into Atlanta area
April 3, 2019
Curry Up Now, a California-based concept is opening five restaurant locations in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. The first opens this summer, followed by a second…
read nowVirginia getting second Jinya Ramen Bar
April 3, 2019
California's Jinya Ramen Bar is opening its second Virginia location by the end of the year at 11964 Market St., in Reston. After the opening of the first…
read nowJust Salad, S'well team up on sustainability kit
April 3, 2019
Just Salad and S'well, both New York City-based brands, are teaming up to launch a limited-edition sustainability kit.
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RFIS 2019: Restaurant brands seek global domination
The Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, March 11-13 in Louisville, featured a couple of hundred restaurant executives swapping ideas and learning…
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Using social media to grow your catering sales
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Social media has delivered new marketing opportunities for restaurants, but it has also raised the bar, especially since customers now expect catering services…
read nowCaptain D's opens 29th Mississippi location
April 2, 2019
Fast casual seafood brand Captain D's is continuing its expansion across the southeast U.S. with the opening of its 29th Mississippi location.
read nowMixt arriving in Cali's East Bay this month
April 2, 2019
Mixt will launch two stores in California this month, one in Uptown, Oakland, this Saturday, April 6 and one on Saturday, April 27 at San Ramon's City Center…
read nowezCater secures $150M in latest funding round
April 2, 2019
Online catering marketplace, ezCater, has raised $150 million is a Series D-1 investment round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and GIC, which will go…
read nowGregorys Coffee launches mobile food, drink orders with Ritual
April 1, 2019
Gregorys Coffee has entered an agreement with mobile pickup app Ritual to offer digital ordering and food pickup for customers, according to company officials.
read nowToast raises $250M in Series E funding
April 1, 2019
Toast, a digital restaurant management platform, has raised $250 million in Series E funding led by TCV and Tiger Global Management, providing a valuation of…
read nowFranchisees to ramp up growth via delivery strategy
April 1, 2019
A good majority of restaurant franchisees, 71 percent, feel pressure to grow their brands this year and will likely ramp up delivery options, boost unique…
read nowTrue Food Kitchen launches 'Cobb for a Cause' effort
April 1, 2019
True Food Kitchen has launched "Cobb for a Cause," to support the Environmental Working Group, an organization that empowers people to live healthier lives in…
read nowFlame Broiler adds Huntingon Beach location
April 1, 2019
Flame Broiler has opened a second location in Huntington Beach, California, at 7251 Warner Ave Suite G. It's celebrating by offering a $5 promotion on any bowl…
read nowTyme Commerce debuts AI-driven food platform
April 1, 2019
San Francisco startup, Tyme Commerce, is debuting an end-to-end AI-driven food platform that promises to expand options and markets for food entrepreneurs.
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Why Fiesta Group is on a mission to save lives
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Nearly 15 years after receiving a kidney transplant from his sister, Richard Stockinger, CEO and president of Fiesta Restaurant Group, is still on a mission to…
read nowVitality Bowls adds COO
March 29, 2019
Vitality Bowls, based in San Ramon, California, has hired Dave Malinowski as COO.
read nowThe Halal Guys arrives in London
March 29, 2019
The Halal Guys has opened its very first European location.
read nowThe Little Beet opening first Florida location April 1
March 29, 2019
Plant-inspired fast casual The Little Beet will open the doors to its first Florida location on April 1.
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Slim Chickens COO on innovating via potato chip flavors while growing a QSR via Southern hospitality
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The "Southern sweetheart" of the chicken QSR sector, Slim Chickens, is the subject of this week's podcast, featuring COO Sam Rothschild, who talks about…
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Bacon: Vegas' other favorite 'strip' that sizzles on Hawaiian sands, too
Hawaii and Nevada have the most bacon-obsessed restaurant customers in the U.S., and Alaska has the least. Where does your state rank?
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