Muscle Maker Grill delivers second Miami location

December 2, 2020

Muscle Maker Inc., the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill, Healthy Joe's and MMG Burger Bar, has signed an agreement to open its 11th delivery-only ghost…

Fox Restaurants opens digital-only pizza, chicken concept

December 2, 2020

Fox Restaurant Concepts is opening Fly Bye, a digital-only restaurant serving Detroit-style square pan pizza and chicken, next week in central Phoenix.

Pancheros launching '12 Days of Christmas'

December 2, 2020

Pancheros Mexican Grill is launching its second annual "12 Days of Pancheros" holiday promotion, Dec. 7-18. The campaign will features daily deals and freebies…

El Pollo Loco's redesign caters to off-premise dining

December 2, 2020

El Pollo Loco Inc. has unveiled its "restaurant of the future," designed to enhance off-premise dining powered by a more robust and frictionless digital…

COVID-19 shouldn't stop brands from being kid-friendly

December 2, 2020

Winning with families is just good business, according to research from C3, which in August surveyed nearly 600 parents who dined out with their kids at least…

Jones Soda names Mark Murray president and CEO

December 2, 2020

Jones Soda Co. has named 38-year CPG and foodservice industry veteran Mark Murray president and CEO, according to a press release. Murray began working with…

Chicken Salad Chick relocates Chattanooga unit, adds drive-thru

December 2, 2020

Chicken Salad Chick is now open in Hixson, Tennessee, after relocating it from Chattanooga on Market Street. The unit, which has been open for seven years…

Jimmy John's rolls out DoorDash Self-Delivery

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

December 2, 2020

Atlanta-based Jimmy John's is the first chain to test DoorDash's latest product offering, Self-Delivery, which allows restaurants to list their stores on the…

HotSchedules launches global brand Fourth

December 2, 2020

HotSchedules, a technology and services provider for the hospitality and restaurant industries, is now operating under a unified global brand called Fourth and…

FAT Brands breaks ground in Kansas

December 2, 2020

FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Fatburger and Buffalo's Express, is developing three co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo's Express concepts in Wichita, Kansas.

la Madeleine launching mini-size prototype

December 2, 2020

La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe is debuting a smaller prototype when it opens in February 2021 at 15125 Montfort Dr. in Dallas. The "Petite Market and…

Sales of online gift cards holding steady for fast casuals, QSRs

December 2, 2020

Online gift sales for fast casual and QSR brands held steady during Black Friday weekend this year, according to Paytronix, which examined anonymous aggregate…

Pandemic triggering $95B revenue loss in European restaurant sector

December 2, 2020

After the COVID-19 lockdown in the first months of 2020, restaurants around the world began reopening in the second half of the year, but that's changed the…

Dickey's ramping up domestic, international expansion via virtual kitchens

December 2, 2020

Dickey's Barbecue has opened two of eight scheduled virtual kitchens in San Francisco and is launching locations soon in Asia.

Pret A Manger: Something's brewing in the subscription economy

by Sean Keith

Amazon Prime. Ipsy. HelloFresh. Dollar Shave Club. Stich Fix. BarkBox. Netflix. Ten years ago, this list would've been a list of nonsense words bookended by…

Blendid teams with Jamba on robotic smoothie maker in Walmart store

December 2, 2020

Blendid, an autonomous, contactless robotic kiosk that offers fresh smoothies, has teamed with Jamba to introduce a co-branded kiosk at a Walmart in Dixon…

Uber wraps up Postmates acquisition

December 1, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of Postmates Inc. in an all-stock transaction, and the companies have started integrating U.S. operations…

Franklin Junction flaps wings with virtual concept

December 1, 2020

Virtual restaurant operator marketplace, Franklin Junction, has hatched a virtual concept called, WingDepo, as a solution for what it said was for diners…

NYC ghost kitchen lends hand to pandemic-stricken dine-in-heavy brands

December 1, 2020

Travel, food and entertainment site, Thrillist, is opening what it said is a first-of-its-kind "rotational " ghost kitchen with ghost kitchen operator, Zuul.

Clean Juice adds soup to the menu

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

December 1, 2020

Pure Green, Veggie Grill and Wow Wow have added winter-inspired menu items.