Report calls out Chipotle, Sweetgreen for using bowls with cancer-linked chemicals

August 6, 2019

Compostable bowls, used by brands including Chipotle Mexican Grill and Sweetgreen, are made with "forever chemicals" that could pose serious health issues…

Shake Shack CEO convinced digital is the future

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The company will continue to enhance its digital channels by integrating technology that supports each one and adding guest-spacing functionality on a regular…

Jersey Mike's unveils revamped mobile app with order scheduling

August 6, 2019

Jersey Mike's Subs has unveiled an enhanced mobile app, giving customers several new features, including the ability to schedule orders for pickup. 

Shake Shack chooses Grubhub as delivery partner

August 5, 2019

Shake Shack has tapped Grubhub as its delivery partner, testing the service at a small number of outlets before launching nationally over the next two to three…

4 ways to solve the delivery dilemma

Hope Neiman, CMO of Tillster, discusses how using data can help operators conquer delivery.

Little Big Burger striving for 100K app sign ups by year's end

August 5, 2019

Little Big Burger has launched an app and loyalty platform, according its parent company, Chanticleer Holdings Inc. Before designing the app — which features…

Grubhub announces policy changes following fracas over ordering fees

August 2, 2019

Restaurant delivery platform Grubhub and its Seamless unit, following a recent controversy over how the companies have handled fees, have announced a series of…

Garbanzo fueling up the Fighting Irish

August 2, 2019

Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh has opened on the University of Notre Dame campus, marking its first Indiana location.

Chipotle's #GuacDance dominates TikTok

August 2, 2019

Chipotle Mexican Grill's National Avocado Day was a smashing success. Its TikTok challenge — #GuacDance — which invited customers to post videos on TikTok, was…

Clean Juice opens 75th unit with digital upgrades

August 2, 2019

Charlotte-based Clean Juice is opening its 75th store three years after opening its first location. Dubbed by the chain as the "store of the future," the unit…

Habit Burger inks 7-store deal for Massachusetts, New Hampshire

August 2, 2019

The Habit Burger Grill is entering the Massachusetts and New Hampshire markets in a seven-store agreement with Adam Quinn of Heidi Burgers LLC. The first…

From Whole Foods to invasive catfish, Farm Burger is making its mark

Not every limited-service brand has gone for a spin-off of the Impossible Burger or its meatless cousin, the Beyond Burger. Farm Burger concocted their own…

Square sells Caviar food-ordering platform to DoorDash for $410M

August 2, 2019

DoorDash is buying food-ordering platform Caviar from Square for $410 million in cash and DoorDash Inc. preferred stock. 

Miami-based nitrogen ice-cream brand seeking franchisees

August 1, 2019

Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream, a Miami-based nitrogen ice cream brand, has launched a franchise expansion incentive in hopes of expanding across the country. The…

By Chloe launching digital-centric units in NY, Canada

August 1, 2019

By Chloe is opening several locations in New York City and expanding to Canada. Launching Thursday at 1385 Broadway Ave., in Midtown Manhattan, the unit has…

Potbelly accelerates multi-unit franchise growth

August 1, 2019

Potbelly Corporation has signed three franchise agreements over the last six months that will nearly double its franchise footprint in Las Vegas, Nevada…

The Habit boasts increased Q2 revenues, international growth

August 1, 2019

Q2 was good to The Habit, whose parent company, The Habit Restaurants Inc., reported Wednesday that revenues were up 14.7% to $117.9 million for the quarter…

How automation can solve your labor problems

Automation will allow restaurants to use technology to simplify certain tasks and move workers to where they can continue to provide that human touch.

Mendocino Farms snags former Zoes CEO

August 1, 2019

Zoes Kitchen former CEO Kevin Miles now holds that title at Mendocino Farms, a farm-to-table fast casual concept based in Los Angeles.

Hong Kong delivery kitchen Nosh raises $1.7 million, sets regional expansion

August 1, 2019

Nosh, a Hong Kong-based cloud kitchen operator, said it has closed $1.7 million in pre-series A funding, will expand to Singapore in September and is…