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Starbucks teams with Volvo on EV charging stations
August 9, 2022
Starbucks Corp., in partnership with Volvo Cars, has announced the first Starbucks store offering electric vehicle chargers powered by ChargePoint Holdings…
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Qdoba merging with Modern Market Eatery, Lemonade
August 9, 2022
Qdoba is joining Colorado-based Modern Market Eatery and California-based Lemonade, owned by Modern Restaurant Concepts, as part of an agreement with…
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Par acquires Menu Technologies
August 9, 2022
ParTech Inc., a global restaurant technology company and provider of unified commerce for enterprise restaurants, is acquiring Zug, Switzerland-based Menu…
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Nekter Juice hires 1st CMO
August 8, 2022
Nekter Juice Bar, which has over 170 locations across the U.S., has made Jon Asher its first CMO.
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Native Foods upgrades mobile app
August 8, 2022
Native Foods has launched a mobile app and rewards program built by Paytronix Systems Inc., a digital guest experience platform. The app allows guests to place…
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Call Your Mother Deli setting up shop in Denver
August 8, 2022
Call Your Mother, a Washington D.C.-based Jewish deli, is adding two locations in Denver, marking the first location outside of D.C.
read nowCousins Subs rolling out free delivery on weekends
August 8, 2022
Milwaukee-based Cousins Subs is offering customers free delivery on weekends from this Saturday through Sept. 11.
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The Habit opening drive-thru in California
August 8, 2022
The Habit Burger Grill, a California-based restaurant company owned by Yum Brands, is opening a drive-thru location this week in Merced, California, at 3680 G…
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Big Chicken opening 1st franchise in Ohio
August 8, 2022
Big Chicken, a fast casual concept founded by Shaquille O'Neal in 2018, is opening its first franchise location this week at Austin Landing, a mixed-use…
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Robeks expanding from California to New York
August 5, 2022
Robeks, which serves smoothies, juices and acai bowls, is opening two locations this month in California and one in New York, expanding from coast to coast…
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Main Squeeze adding to Texas lineup
August 5, 2022
Main Squeeze Juice Co., a Louisiana-based juice and smoothie bar franchise, is set to expand its presence in Texas with a location opening by year's end in…
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Captain D's expanding Memphis footprint
August 5, 2022
Captain D's has opened in Memphis, bringing the brand's total city footprint to 11 units under the direction of Nufish LLC, the second-largest franchisee…
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Scooter's hires director of franchise training
August 5, 2022
Scooter's Coffee has hired Felicia White as director of franchise training to implement next-generation training approaches, including a learning management…
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Milk Bar, Taco Bell testing Strawberry Bell Truffle
August 4, 2022
Taco Bell's Crunchy Taco shell and New York-based dessert company Milk Bar's truffles are fusing together to form a limited-time offer — available only at the…
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Pokeworks expanding nationally
August 3, 2022
Pokeworks has executed three multi-unit area development agreements resulting in 10 locations opening over the next three years in California, New York and…
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JDE Peet’s boosts HY 2022 results as pandemic lockdowns lift
August 3, 2022
JDE Peet's, the Netherlands-based company owned by JAB Holdings that also owns Peet's Coffee, Douwe Egberts, Jacobs and other brands, boosted its sales and…
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Paris Baguette hitting expansion stride in US
August 3, 2022
With 72 deals signed this year, and over 40% year-over-year growth, Paris Baguette, based in Seoul, South Korea, is poised to meet its goal of opening 56 U.S.
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Chicken Salad Chick making Chicago debut
August 3, 2022
Auburn, Alabama-based Chicken Salad Chick is making its Chicago debut thanks to a three-unit deal with a local couple, Kim and Garrett Seaman.
read nowBuyers Edge acquires Arrowsteam
August 3, 2022
Buyers Edge Platform, a digital procurement platform with over $20 billion in total foodservice spend, has acquired ArrowStream, a provider of supply chain…
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Inflation, higher menu prices dampen restaurant visit activity
August 3, 2022
Consumers cut back on restaurant visits in the second quarter with physical and online restaurant traffic declining by 2% compared to the same quarter in 2021.
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