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Reopening of dine-in service helping restaurants make small progress
May 26, 2020
Customer transactions at major U.S. restaurant chains declined by -21% in the week ending May 17 compared to the same period last year, a slight gain from last…
read nowMenuDrive platform helping restaurants launch online ordering in 1 hour
May 26, 2020
MenuDrive, a white-labeled online ordering platform, has launched MenuDrive Self Sign-up for restaurants, which allows them to launch online ordering and…
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Chicken Salad Chick making Little Rock debut
May 26, 2020
Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Arkansas with its newest restaurant in Benton. Located at 20370 Interstate 30 North, the restaurant marks the brand's third…
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Fruitive launching franchise initiative
May 26, 2020
Fruitive, a vegan fast casual restaurant, is now franchising across the United States, offering prospective owners the opportunity to bring a 100% plant-based…
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Naf Naf names CEO
May 26, 2020
Naf Naf has named Greg Willman as its CEO, effective June 15. Gary Beisler, who has been filling the role on an interim basis, will continue as chairman of the…
read nowMVP Group introduces touchless hand sanitizer dispenser
May 26, 2020
MVP Group, a Miami based foodservice equipment supplier that has a medical supply division that provides personal protective equipment, has introduced a…
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Pathspot raises $6.5M in financing
May 22, 2020
PathSpot, a creator of a hand hygiene management system, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round led by Valor Siren Ventures I L.P., bringing the company's…
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Starbucks CEO doubling down on off-premise business
May 22, 2020
Although Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said Thursday in a letter to employees that he was happy with the chain's progress over the past two weeks, he warned that…
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Just Salad taps Kenneth Cole for creating, designing employee facemasks
May 22, 2020
Just Sald is teaming up with fashion icon Kenneth Cole to design and create thousands of protective face masks for the restaurant brand's employees across…
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Tackling COVID-19 training on QSRs' front lines, plus menu must-haves for a 'to-go' world
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
For QSR operators today, there are two huge questions: "How can I quickly train my staff on all these new COVID-19-related mandates?" and "How should I modify…
listen nowScooter's Coffee taps ParTech's Brink POS for franchise
May 21, 2020
Scooter's Coffee, a 22-year-old franchise, is deploying ParTech Inc.'s Brink POS system for its franchise system.
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Kitchen United opens in Austin
May 21, 2020
Kitchen United, a kitchen-as-a-service company built to serve off-premise dining, has opened a center in Austin, Texas. The facility, referred to as Kitchen…
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Service helps brands build in-house delivery, bypass 3rd-party providers,
May 21, 2020
Irvine, California-based gig engagement platform provider, ShiftPixy, has launched an initiative that it said in a news release will "help restaurants reclaim…
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Starbucks releases summer LTOs
May 21, 2020
Starbucks, which has reopened over 85% of its company-operated stores across the U.S., is introducing a summer-inspired food and drink menu in the U.S. and…
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Artichoke Basille's touches down in Tempe
May 21, 2020
Artichoke Basille's Pizza is expanding its West Coast footprint into Arizona with a June restaurant opening on East Baseline Road in South Tempe, a news…
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COVID-19 isn't cooling growth at Dave's Hot Chicken
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Since launching its franchise plan in October, the 3-year-old concept has signed deals to develop 100 brick-and-mortar locations and plans to hit 200 by year's…
read nowRestaurants can ditch germ-carrying menus by going digital
May 21, 2020
Two companies have launched digital menu options for restaurants wanting to forgo hard copies of menus.
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Chicken Salad Chick opening 16th Texas unit
May 20, 2020
Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Texas with its newest restaurant in Katy Cinco Ranch. Located at 9615 Spring Green Blvd., the restaurant marks the brand’s…
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DoorDash unveils location-tracking feature for to-go orders
May 20, 2020
DoorDash, one of the nation's largest mobile delivery platforms, has launched a feature to make restaurant to-go orders more efficient for merchants and…
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Burgerfi launches training app
May 20, 2020
Burgerfi has launched YOOBIC, a mobile training app, for its 3,000 employees across its 125 corporate and franchised restaurants.
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