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Beto Guajardo takes reins as president, CEO of Blaze Pizza
January 4, 2023
Beto Guajardo has been named president and CEO of Blaze Pizza. Guajardo formerly served as president of Focus Brands International, according to a press…
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The Habit Burger opening Utah, New Jersey locations
January 4, 2023
California-based The Habit Burger Grill is opening locations next week in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and in Saratoga Springs, Utah.
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Noodles & Co giving guests mental health tools
January 4, 2023
Noodles & Co. is partnering with BetterHelp, an online therapy platform, to offer guests $1 million in free therapy. Guests, who have never used the…
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Planet Smoothie leveling up with LTOs
January 3, 2023
Planet Smoothie wants to help guests take their fitness goals to the next level with three healthier and purposeful smoothies: The Immunity Ignitor, the Polka…
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Nekter powering up 2023
January 3, 2023
Nekter Juice Bar has launched Power 40, a daily boost system designed to flood the body with over 40 of the most vital and powerful vitamins, minerals and…
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Sweetgreen launches Green January
January 3, 2023
Sweetgreen has tapped Melissa Wood-Tepperberg, founder of Melissa Wood Health, to help launch Green January, a campaign running through Jan.18 that provides…
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16 Handles CEO acquires cookie dough concept
January 3, 2023
Neil Hershman, the owner and CEO of 16 Handles in New York City, has acquired the bakeable cookie dough brand, DŌ, Cookie Dough Confections. Details of the…
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Gyro to introduce delivery robot for hotels, restaurants
January 3, 2023
Gyro, a provider of sense and motion control mobility products, has introduced its Distribution Robot to provide 24/7 delivery of room services in hotels and…
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Chipotle fans using Snapchat AR lens to earn free guac
January 3, 2023
Chipotle Mexican Grill is kicking off 2023 with seven health-related bowls and a wellness-inspired AR lens on Snapchat to encourage fans to maintain healthy…
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Slim Chickens adds UK location
January 3, 2023
Arkansas-based Slim Chickens has opened its first Cheshire Oaks location in the U.K. thanks to its partnership with Boparan Restaurant Group, which owns…
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NY couple's good deed earns free chicken for 1 year
January 3, 2023
Bb.q Chicken is giving a year's supply of free chicken to a New York couple who hosted 10 stranded South Korean tourists during the recent blizzard in the…
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Chick N Max bringing 53 locations to US markets
January 3, 2023
In its first full year of franchising, Wichita, Kansas-based Chick N Max has signed deals to open 53 locations in Kansas, South Dakota and Texas. It plans to…
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What families want from fast casual brands
by Jennifer Loper — President, C3 Brand Marketing
The lack of focus on kids is a big miss given that parties with children 12 and under bring in checks that are twice as high as parties without them.
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Bubbakoo’s franchisee opens 9th location
December 30, 2022
Bubbakoo's Burritos opened earlier this week in Mahwah, New Jersey, under the direction of franchisees Sagu, Amar, Perry and Fenil Patel, who own eight other…
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Australia's Guzman y Gomez opening 2nd US store
December 30, 2022
Australia-based Guzman y Gomez, the nearly 200-unit fast casual founded in 2006 by CEO and native New Yorker Steven Marks, is opening its second U.S. location…
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Island Fin Poke opening 1st Tallahassee location
December 29, 2022
Florida-based Island Fin Poke is opening its first Tallahassee location next month at 1415 Timberlane Road.
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Juice It Up adding 7 California stores
December 28, 2022
Juice It Up has inked six franchise agreements that will result in seven locations opening in Southern California by the end of 2023. It has over 30 locations…
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Urban Plates cutting price of subscription program
December 27, 2022
With guests feeling the pinch of inflationary pressures, California-based Urban Plates has upgraded its Plate Pass program and slashed the price from $10 per…
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Ike’s Love & Sandwiches hits Manhattan Beach
December 27, 2022
San Francisco-based Ike's Love & Sandwiches opened last week in Manhattan Beach at 1116 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
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Slim Chickens growing in Ohio
December 27, 2022
Fayetteville, Arkansas-based Slim Chickens is growing in Ohio with an opening at 4990 Fulton Dr. N.W., under the direction of multi-unit franchisee Ohio Slims.
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