Webinar: How operators can embrace post-COVID opportunities

November 3, 2022

Customers are still dining off-premise, and that means some are calling to place orders. Hazlnut has found that 18% of all calls are missed and three out of…

Beyond Juicery opening 1st Halal restaurant

November 3, 2022

Beyond Juicery + Eatery is opening next week in Dearborn Heights, Michigan at 26733 Ford Road, marking the brand's first halal dining restaurant. Under the…

Fatburger, Round Table Pizza rolling out 80 Texas locations

November 3, 2022

FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Round Table Pizza, Fatburger, Buffalo's Express and 14 other restaurant concepts, will open 80 locations in Texas in a…

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings, BurgerFi provide hurricane relief

November 3, 2022

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings, along with its sister company, BurgerFi, and Marcum LLP, an accounting and advisory firm, have joined forces to provide…

Ballard Brands execs, Chef Jose Garces to reveal how to build a 'brand of the future'

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Ideation Hospitality COO Scott Campanella will join Chef Jose Garces and Ballard Brands CDO Davis Mesa in a keynote panel at the Restaurant Franchising and…

Bonchon adding to New York, New Jersey footprints

November 2, 2022

Bonchon, a Korean fried chicken brand with over 120 U.S. locations, is adding five locations in New York and New Jersey via a deal with YCY International FB1.

Daddy's Chicken Shack hits Houston

November 2, 2022

Pasadena, California-based Daddy's Chicken Shack has signed its seventh regional development deal this year, tapping Houston businessman Craig Baudier as the…

Pepsi, Carla Hall celebrating Black-owned restaurants

November 2, 2022

Pepsi Dig In, designed to drive access, business acceleration and awareness for Black-owned restaurants, is rallying Americans across the country to celebrate…

Wow Bao enters the metaverse

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

November 2, 2022

Chicago-based Wow Bao, a fast casual brand available in over 200 locations, is entering the metaverse, announcing Wednesday that it is offering an NFT-based…

Pancheros making Massachusetts debut

November 2, 2022

Pancheros Mexican Grill opened Tuesday in Somerset, Massachusetts, marking its entry into the state.

Rise Southern Biscuit opening in Orlando

November 2, 2022

Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken is opening its first Orlando location in Winter Park in early 2023. The expansion in the Sunshine State comes…

Sankranti Indian Kitchen adding 2nd location

November 1, 2022

Sankranti Indian Kitchen owner and restaurateur Srinivasa Nimmagadda (Nimms) is opening a fast casual restaurant at 1569 N. Decatur Road near Georgia's Emory…

Kura Sushi offering Tetris-inspired merch, packaging

November 1, 2022

Kura Sushi USA, which uses a revolving sushi service model, has created the Bikkura Pon in collaboration with Tetris, a popular electronic game, according to a…

Time to invest in pickup locker kiosks?

November 1, 2022

As e-commerce has increased, more retailers are introducing pickup lockers, and technology providers have introduced a wealth of locker systems to allow…

Wing Snob co-founder shares top franchising lessons

Jack Mashini, co-founder of Wing Snob, a 23-unit chain based in Warren, Michigan, gives tips to help franchisees and franchisors.

Slim Chickens opens 1st Ireland-based store

November 1, 2022

Arkansas-based Slim Chickens has opened its first location in Belfast, Northern Ireland, under the direction of multi-unit operating group, Boparan Restaurant…

Honeygrow celebrates 30th opening

November 1, 2022

Honeygrow, a Philadelphia-based fast casual restaurant, is celebrating an opening in Collegeville's Providence Town Center at 171 Market St., marking the…

Aloha Poke Co opening in Maryland

November 1, 2022

Aloha Poke Co. is expanding into Maryland thanks to an agreement with first-time franchisee Mary Grace Barnebey, who will open a store in Gaithersburg.

Earth Burger launching franchising via Sinelli Concepts

November 1, 2022

Sinelli Concepts International, which owns Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, is partnering with Earth Burger, a plant-based fast food restaurant, to help Earth…

NASCAR star launching virtual brand with Hooters

November 1, 2022

Hooters is partnering with NASCAR racer Chase Elliott to launch Chase Elliott's Chicken Tenders, a virtual restaurant serving chicken tenders with a choice of…