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Juice it Up! selects Vivonet as POS provider
June 3, 2008
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Juice It Up! has chosen Canada-based Vivonet for its Halo Secure Web-based Point-of-Sale system as Juice It Up's sole POS…
read nowSchlotzsky's rolls out limited-time summer promo
June 2, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas - Schlotzsky's has announced that now through Aug. 17, at participating locations, it is serving up two new products: the Ranch Club Sandwich and…
read nowBruegger's signs Conn. multiunit development deal
June 2, 2008
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bruegger's Enterprises Inc. has announced a new development agreement with Five Star Equity Partners to build three Bruegger's bakeries in…
read nowVIDEO: Organic trends take NRA Show stage
June 2, 2008
CHICAGO — Restaurateurs wanting to offer organic products had plenty to sample from at the National Restaurant Association's 89th annual Restaurant…
read nowVIDEO: NRA Show tech trends, new products
June 2, 2008
CHICAGO — Exhibitors at the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held May 17-20 in Chicago, promoted products from…
read nowVIDEO: Wine, spirits event debuts at NRA Show
June 2, 2008
CHICAGO — The first International Wine, Beer & Spirits Event at the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago…
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read nowOrganic To Go expands into Washington, D.C.
June 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organic To Go has announced it has expanded its West Coast chain with the acquisition of four additional cafés and a catering business…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings launches after-dinner menu
June 1, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. is targeting the growth of its after-dinner daypart with the launch of its Night Hunger menu. The after-dinner crowd…
read nowSaladworks signs deal for 10 Atlanta locations
June 1, 2008
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Saladworks has entered into an agreement with RAMM Alliance LLC of Pennsylvania to open 10 Saladworks locations throughout the Atlanta…
read nowStarbucks settles antitrust suit
June 1, 2008
Seattle Weekly: Starbucks Corp. has quietly settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by a Bellevue, Wash., coffee-shop operator who says the designer-coffee giant…
read nowVIDEO: New NRA chairman discusses host of industry issues
June 1, 2008
CHICAGO — Michael Kaufman, newly named chairman of the board of the National Restaurant Association, is ready to move the NRA into a higher position of…
read nowSandella's Flatbread expands to Midwest
May 29, 2008
FARGO, N.D. — MacDella's LLC has signed a large franchise-development agreement with Sandella's Flatbread to bring more than 200 restaurants to nine Midwest…
read nowMcAlister's Deli hosts annual Central Park picnic
May 29, 2008
RIDGELAND, Miss. — McAlister's Deli has announced its first year as an event sponsor of the 29th annual Mississippi Picnic in Central Park. The picnic will be…
read nowReport: Down economy driving Americans out of restaurants
May 29, 2008
CHICAGO — New consumer research from Chicago-based Mintel has revealed that 54 percent of people who dine out regularly are cutting back on restaurant spending…
read nowStarbucks opens first Argentine location
May 29, 2008
WKOW: Starbucks Corp. has opened its first location in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Seattle-based chain will offer Argentines a coffee drink made with "dulce…
read nowNexCen Brands provides business update
May 29, 2008
NEW YORK — NexCen Brands, owner of the Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker, Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery and Maggie Moos brands, has announced an update…
read nowCalif. Assembly approves nutritional-disclosure bill
May 29, 2008
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill requiring nutritional disclosure of menu items at chain restaurants was approved yesterday by the California Assembly. It now will…
read nowEinstein Bros. signs Texas franchise deal
May 28, 2008
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. has announced the signing of a multiunit development agreement with Twins S & Z Inc. to open five…
read nowMoe's opens first Manhattan location
May 28, 2008
ATLANTA — Moe's Southwest Grill has announced the May 31 grand opening of its first location in Manhattan. The store, opened by owners Don and Sophia…
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