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FreshFry now serving Canada restaurants
January 27, 2022
FreshFry, a Louisville-based food tech company providing restaurants with all-natural frying oil-filtering solutions, is giving Canadian restaurants access to…
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Till Payments acquires Ziosk’s payment processing unit
January 27, 2022
Till Payments, an Australia based fintech company, has acquired ZIPS, the payment processing business unit of the hospitality technology platform company…
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Pieology names Shawn Thompson as CEO
January 27, 2022
Shawn Thompson, formerly president at Supercuts, has been named CEO at Pieology, according to a press release.
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Freddy's lands airport location
January 27, 2022
Witchita, Kansas-based Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has opened its first airport location at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
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Heisman Trophy finalist opens 2nd Killer Burger
January 26, 2022
Former football player LaMichael James is opening his second Killer Burger location. Located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, at 9 Centerpointe Dr., the restaurant is…
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Slim Chickens opens in Alabama
January 26, 2022
Fayetteville, Arkansas-based Slim Chickens has opened its first unit of 2022 at 3501 Woodward Ave., in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Marking restaurant group Dixie…
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Rise Southern Biscuits entering Florida
January 26, 2022
Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken has signed a multi-unit franchise deal for Florida with franchisee Don Schnurr. He and his family will open at…
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ParTech Inc. partners with Jolt to integrate Brink POS
January 26, 2022
ParTech Inc., a global restaurant technology company offering a unified commerce cloud platform, is teaming up with Jolt to integrate its operations management…
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Mongolian Concepts promotes Operations VP
January 26, 2022
Mongolian Concepts, which owns Genghis Grill, FlatTop Grill and bd's Mongolian Grill, has promoted Lori Cominsky to VP of Operations and Training.
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Fuku making Kentucky debut
January 26, 2022
Fuku, a New York-based fried chicken joint, is making its Lexington, Kentucky debut Wednesday. Thanks to a partnership with Franklin Junction, a virtual…
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Fuzzy's lands 50-unit deal with Slim Chickens franchisee
January 26, 2022
Fuzzy's Taco Shop has signed a 50-store agreement with Slim Chickens franchisee Richard Maddox to enter Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee and to also add…
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Zoup rolls out retail line
January 26, 2022
Zoup is getting back to its roots with a lineup of shelf-stable soups.
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Big Chicken takes on Chicago
January 25, 2022
Big Chicken, founded by NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, is opening in Chicago thanks to a deal with entrepreneur Ken Patel, according to a company press…
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Roti paying customers to download app
January 25, 2022
To celebrate the debut of its mobile app, Chicago-based Roti is paying customers when they download and order from it. For every download, users will receive a…
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Noodles & Co ditching plastic straws
January 25, 2022
Plastic straws will be a thing of the past by March at Noodles & Co's 450 U.S. locations.
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The Red Chickz expanding footprint
January 25, 2022
The Red Chickz, a Nashville hot chicken brand with over 1 million TikTok followers, is expanding in Arizona, Texas, Nevada and California. The brand is opening…
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Smoothie King hires former Qdoba, Dunkin' VP
January 25, 2022
Smoothie King has hired industry veteran Shawn Caric as VP of Franchise Development to help it meet its goal of signing 200 store commitments in 2022.
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Wayback Burgers posts strong sales in 2021
January 25, 2022
Cheshire, Connecticut-based Wayback Burgers reported positive gains in 2021, including a system-wide sales increase of 26.2% and a comparable-store sales…
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Foodservice industry to hit $4.1T by 2026
January 24, 2022
The global food service industry is projected to reach a size of $4.1 trillion by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4%, according to a press…
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The Habit adds college campus to portfolio
January 21, 2022
California-based The Habit Burger Grill is opening Saturday At California State University, San Bernardino in the Student Union North at 5500 University Pkwy.
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