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Veggie Grill hires 2 execs to focus on growth
April 17, 2018
Veggie Grill has hired two execs to help fuel its growth. Tim Welsh, VP of real estate and development, will be an integral part of the company’s development…
read nowMama Fu's acquires Austin's Pizza to enhance both brands' efficiencies
April 17, 2018
Pizza or Chinese is no longer the question in Austin, Texas, where two brands are joining forces to offer customers some of both. According to the…
read nowBridg acquires Relevant Mobile
April 17, 2018
Bridg, a Los-Angeles based technology company that enables data-driven marketing based on individual buying behavior, has acquired Relevant Mobile, a…
read nowPunchh raises $20M to enter retail markets, partners with Gusto
April 17, 2018
Punchh, a digital marketing company specializing in the restaurant industry, has raised $20 million in funding to break into vertical markets outside the…
read nowYour Pie taking on five new markets by end of Q2
April 17, 2018
After breaking into three new markets in Q1 this year, Your Pie leadership said the 10-year-old chain expects to add another five cities in Q2, which ends June…
read nowStudy: Fast casual delivery customers prefer to order via restaurant over third-party aggregates
April 16, 2018
A majority of delivery customers prefer to order directly from a restaurant website or app than from third-party aggregators, according to the Delivery Index…
read nowTropical Smoothie Cafe destroyed by Hurricane Harvey celebrating reopening
April 16, 2018
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is reopening one of its units destroyed last year by Hurricane Harvey. The Rockport, Texas cafe, owned by franchisee Pam Farley, is…
read nowCEOs of Blaze Pizza, Huey Magoo's join Pincho Factory's board of directors
April 16, 2018
Pincho Factory has appointed Jim Mizes, CEO of Blaze Pizza, and Andy Howard, CEO of Huey Magoo's, to its board of directors, a news release said. "It is a…
read nowMenu inflation driving increase in Canada's foodservice sales
April 16, 2018
It appears Canada's commercial foodservice sales are on the rise. They'll increase 4.6 percent to a record $71.5 billion, which follows a 5.3 percent increase…
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Freshii founder: How mistakes lead to brand growth
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Although Freshii has reported one of the industry's highest same-store sales for the last four years, CEO Matthew Corrin told a crowd at this year's Restaurant…
read nowMod Pizza promotes 3 executives
April 16, 2018
Mod Pizza has promoted COO Paul Twohig to president and COO, Megan Hansen to senior vice president of people and Lisa Luebeck to senior vice president of legal…
read now8-month program immerses chefs in Japanese food culture
April 16, 2018
Non-Japanese chefs who want to learn the country's cuisine and sushi preparation are getting a rare chance to do so through an eight-month program through the…
read nowFazoli's franchisees break 12 growth records
April 13, 2018
Fazoli's announced this week 12 franchise sales records at its franchisee-owned restaurants during the first quarter of 2018, with plans to open up to seven…
read nowSnappy Salads saves environment from 1.3M plastic straws
April 13, 2018
Legislators and environmentalists across the country are calling for awareness around plastic straws and the detrimental effects on landfills and coastlines.
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3 restaurant franchisees tell franchisors how to earn their buy-in on tech upgrades
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Three franchisees advise corporate execs on how to get buy-in from their own franchisees when it comes to tech upgrades.
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Red Robin, Melt Shop execs share cost-cutting secrets
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Spencer Rubin, founder and managing partner, Melt Shop; Carin Stutz, COO and executive vice president Red Robin; and Doug Hogrefe, a partner at 4 Top…
read nowPotbelly Sandwich Shop opens catering kitchen in Plano, Texas
April 11, 2018
Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Plano, Texas, has opened a catering kitchen — the chain's third, according to a press release. Others are in Chicago and northern…
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KFC Ad Director on turning Col. Sanders into brand's 'James Bond'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In 2015, deep in a tunnel beneath the "lions and tigers and bears" of the Louisville Zoo where KFC stored its corporate archives, the chicken chain's ad agency…
read nowRush Bowls heading to Indiana
April 10, 2018
Meals-in-a-bowl fast casual Rush Bowls will open the first of three Indiana-based restaurant franchise locations sometime this year.
read nowDog Haus to open first East Coast franchise location in Bethesda, Maryland
April 10, 2018
Dog Haus will open its first franchise location on the East Coast in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday, April 13, according to a press release. The store at 790…
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