Olo tops $450M IPO

March 17, 2021

Olo Inc., a food-ordering software company, has raised $450 million in an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.

Mendocino Farms adding 2nd DFW location

March 17, 2021

Mendocino Farms is opening next week in Addison, Texas, at Prestonwood Place, a 133,353-square-foot shopping center

Fuzzy's Taco Shop debuting taqueria concept

March 17, 2021

Texas-based Fuzzy's Taco Shop has created Fuzzy's Taco Shop Taqueria, which includes Fuzzy's recipes via a reduced menu in a smaller, to-go-focused footprint…

Mod Pizza provides PTO for employee vaccinations, launches anti-recidivism program

March 17, 2021

Mod Pizza is giving employees up to four hours of paid time off to get the COVID-19 vaccine — two hours for each dose received, according to a press release.

Shake Shack going all in on in-app delivery

March 17, 2021

Shake Shack has launched the nationwide rollout of its own delivery service via the iOS Shake Shack app as part of a partnership with Uber Eats, according to a…

Torchy's testing ghost kitchen in Ohio

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

March 17, 2021

Torchy's Tacos has chosen Columbus, Ohio, as the home of its first ghost kitchen, opening this spring in partnership with CloudKitchens, a real estate company…

Torchy's Tacos looking at $1B IPO?

March 16, 2021

Texas-based Torchy's Tacos may be going public this year and if it does, the company could raise $300 million to be valued at $1 billion.

Taffer's Tavern adds food lockers for contactless carryout

March 16, 2021

Taffer's Tavern, a restaurant founded by Jon Taffer, the star of Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue," is providing contactless carry-out service via food lockers.

Rise Southern Biscuits inks 15-unit deal for Tennessee

March 16, 2021

Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken has inked a deal with multi-unit franchisee Fred Fordin to open a minimum of 15 Rise locations throughout…

Roll Em Up seeking multi-unit franchisees

by Pat Shea — Editor, NetworldMedia

March 16, 2021

Roll Em Up, a Chino Hills, California-based fast casual restaurant, is launching a franchise program in April and is opening two locations by year's end.

Webinar: How to hire, train and retain great pizzeria employees

March 15, 2021

The ever-present, but always vexing problem of hiring for restaurant industry in-store positions has only seemed to deepen, despite the layoffs of the…

Juice It Up opens 2nd Santa Ana location

March 15, 2021

Juice It Up has opened its second Santa Ana, California, location. Featuring a new store design and owned by husband-and-wife duo, Burcin and Aycan Ekener, the…

Mountain Mike's franchisee opens 2 stores in 1 week

March 15, 2021

A longtime Mountain Mike's Pizza franchisee and developer agent has opened two stores in Riverside County, California in a single week. Robby Basati opened…

Saladworks' owner acquires The Simple Greek by Marcus Lemonis

March 12, 2021

WOWorks, the parent company of Saladworks, has added a big name to its portfolio. The Simple Greek — a Mediterranean franchise founded in 2015, in Youngstown…

Biscuitville promotes 3 employees

March 12, 2021

McKinley Greer, Jenna Hiera and Jasmine Daniels have earned promotions at Biscuitville Fresh Southern, a 63-unit chain based in Greensboro, North Carolina…

Pizza operators making Pi Day a numbers game

March 12, 2021

That annual celebration of the circle — or at least the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter (3.14) — is about to happen Sunday, March 14. The…

Buffalo Wild Wings, BetMGM launch sports betting experience

March 12, 2021

Sports fans now have access to a sports betting experience when via the BetMGM app available inside Buffalo Wild Wings sports bars in Colorado, New Jersey…

CORE using prepaid cards to disburse funding

March 12, 2021

In hopes of helping restaurant employees struggling to survive the coronavirus pandemic, the nonprofit, Children of Restaurant Employees, has been collecting…

Mooyah opening at least 15 restaurants in Phoenix

March 12, 2021

With a newly remodeled concept and revamped menu, Plano-based Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes is setting up shop in Arizona with plans to open its first…

Penn Station snags former Papa John's exec

March 11, 2021

Penn Station East Coast Subs has hired a former Papa John's executive, Mike Bradford, as director of Real Estate, Development and Construction. He will be…