Rapid Fired, Artichoke Basille's open stores

October 29, 2020

Pizzerias are popping up all over, proving the strength of the category at the moment.

Slice chops fees to shops on under $10 orders

October 28, 2020

Pizza tech platform Slice is eliminating its standard fee to shops on small orders as well as $10 pickup minimums and challenging other ordering services to do…

Panera slices into pizza category with flatbread pies

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Panera is launching a pizza category nationally this week with three takes on flatbread pies.

NRA pushes recessed Congress for relief deal by year's end

October 28, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent the Senate into recess Tuesday, for two weeks until Nov. 9, still without any type of recovery bill that might help…

Fast casual brands share tips, advice on sustainability

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Today's fast casual brands are focused on going green for many reasons. An increasing number of consumers are not just expecting it, but demanding it. A panel…

DoorDash helping brands launch ghost kitchens

Chicago's Krazy Hog BBQ and DoorDash have teamed up to open a delivery-only location eight months after the restaurant shut its doors due to COVID-19.

Wolfnights launches LTO with edible gold

October 27, 2020

Wolfnights, a New York gourmet wrap concept, is launching a periodic special called the Full Moon Wrap. To coincide with this month's lunar crescendo, the…

Rubio's files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

October 27, 2020

Rubio's Restaurant Inc., known for its fish tacos, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reached a financial restructuring deal with its sponsor, Mill Road…

Sweetgreen cutting corporate jobs

October 27, 2020

Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Neman told employees last week that

Freddy’s namesake, Freddy Simon, dies at age 95

October 27, 2020

Frederick Freddy L. Simon, co-founder and namesake of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, died Oct. 25, 2020. Along with his sons Bill and Randy, and…

Zaxby's reignites Chicken Sandwich Wars

October 27, 2020

A year after the Chicken Sandwich Wars broke out on Twitter, Zaxby's has fired an artillery shot with its "Y'all ready?" tweet, declaring that "The Chicken…

Great American Takeout hosting pizza parties at the polls

October 27, 2020

With long lines already reported at polling sites nationwide, The Great American Takeout is teaming up with Pizza to the Polls — a non-profit, non-partisan…

Muscle Maker Grill adds 3 ghost kitchens

October 27, 2020

Muscle Maker Inc., the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill, Healthy Joe's and MMG Burger Bar, is adding three delivery-only ghost kitchens throughout the…

Rapid Fired creator kicks off Dayton, Ohio chicken-centered QSR

October 27, 2020

The creators of Rapid Fired Pizza and Hot Head Burritos are creating a chicken-centered QSR opening December in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. Wiley's Wings Tenders…

Focus Brands names former Hilton exec to lead Europe, Middle East, Africa

October 27, 2020

Focus Brands, the parent company of Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon, has named former Hilton Hotels executive, Sean Wooden, as its International's…

Tarka Indian Kitchen outsourcing sauces to ATX Specialty Foods

October 26, 2020

Tarka Indian Kitchen is teaming up with another Austin-based company — ATX Specialty Foods — to outsource its sauces, setting the brand up to begin expansion…

Fazoli's taps PAR to open ghost kitchen

October 26, 2020

Fazoli's Impact Hospitality Group, a Fazoli's franchisee, has opened its first ghost kitchen in Atlanta by partnering with ParTech Inc., a provider of POS…

Chicken Salad Chick adding to Tennessee lineup

October 26, 2020

Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Tennessee with its newest company-owned restaurant in Wolfchase.

FAT Brands opens ghost kitchen in Dallas

October 26, 2020

FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Fatburger, Buffalo's Express, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Yalla Mediterranean and five other restaurant concepts, is…

Ono Hawaiian BBQ celebrates Santa Ana opening

October 26, 2020

Ono Hawaiian BBQ opened its fifth Orange County-area location Monday in Santa Ana. The restaurant, 2130 S. Bristol St., Suite A, offers only take-out service…