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Blaze Pizza inks deal for Bahrain
April 25, 2023
Blaze Pizza is firing up its international expansion in Bahrain. The deal with NAD Holdings is a multi-unit deal that will acquire two existing Blaze Pizzas…
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Clean Eatz finalizes multi-unit deal for Florida
April 25, 2023
Wilmington, North Carolina-based Clean Eatz has signed a multi-unit development deal to bring three locations to southeast Florida. Site selection is underway…
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Big Chicken hitting up Ohio with 36-unit deal
April 25, 2023
Shaquille O'Neal-owned Big Chicken is creating a big presence in Ohio via a 36-unit development agreement with Kurt and Ryan Webb, Trever Einerson and Steve…
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Slim Chickens expanding UK footprint
April 24, 2023
Fayetteville, Arkansas-based Slim Chickens, which has 225 locations in the U.S. and U.K., is adding a store in the U.K.'s Thorpe Park in partnership with…
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Biggby Coffee on track to have 1K locations by 2028
April 24, 2023
Biggby Coffee, a nearly 350-unit coffee concept founded in East Lansing, Michigan, closed out the 2022 fiscal year by signing 71 franchise agreements with both…
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Fuzzy's opens 3rd Wichita location
April 24, 2023
Fuzzy's Taco Shop, a Baja-style taco restaurant, opened Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, in a 5,528-square-foot space owned by ICT Taco Shop 3 at 10728 W. 21st St.
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Pita Mediterranean opening in Winter Garden, Florida
April 24, 2023
Pita Mediterranean Street Food is opening next week in the Flamingo Crossings Town Center in Winter Garden, Florida.
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Killer Brownie partners with Nextbite for nationwide delivery
April 24, 2023
The Killer Brownie Co., founded in 1988 within a Miamsburg, Ohio-based grocery store, is now available for delivery nationwide via a partnership with Nextbite…
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Captain D’s kicks off flurry of development via conversions
April 21, 2023
Captain D's is on a restaurant conversion roll, recently transforming a former Huddle House restaurant into a franchised location in Glennville, Georgia.
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Big Chicken franchisee adding to Washington footprint
April 21, 2023
Shaquille O'Neal-owned Big Chicken is expanding in Washington with leases to open stores in Mukilteo and Shoreline, marking the second and third locations for…
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Starbucks operating 3,500 'green stores'
April 21, 2023
Since launching its 2020 plan to cut carbon, water and waste in half by 2030, Starbucks has transformed over 3,500 cafes into "green stores," and is one-third…
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Innovative Foodservice Group buys Foodservice & Restaurant Supply
April 21, 2023
The Innovative Foodservice Group, a Tampa, Florida-based organization consisting of foodservice distributors, has acquired Foodservice & Restaurant Supply…
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365 Retail Markets acquires foodservice menu management firm
April 21, 2023
365 Retail Markets, a provider of unattended retail technology, has acquired Kafoodle, a U.K. based food technology company that specializes in menu and…
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Soda tax reduces consumption, improves health
April 21, 2023
Soda taxes contributed to a double-digit decline in soda sales, according to research conducted by the University of California, San Francisco, Healthday…
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Killer Burger rolls out loyalty platform
April 20, 2023
Portland, Oregon-based Killer Burger has launched its first loyalty program, "Killer Rewards," giving guests exclusive perks when they enroll through the app…
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Paris Baguette nearing 150 US units
April 20, 2023
Paris Baguette, a fast casual concept with 4,000 global units, is nearing 150 U.S. locations and working toward reaching the 1,000-unit mark by 2030. Since the…
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Just Salad earns B Corp certification
April 20, 2023
Just Salad has earned B Corp certification, which means it completed an extensive review process — administered by B Lab — to assess performance across five…
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Gamers gonna game while ordering MrBeast Burger
April 20, 2023
Video gamers don't have to stop playing when they're hungry, thanks to Liifer Technologies and Virtual Dining Concepts teaming up to allow users to order…
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Shake Shack planting flag in Israel
April 19, 2023
Shake Shack is launching next year in Tel Aviv, thanks to a partnership with Harel Wizel, the CEO of Fox Group — a fashion and lifestyle retail group with more…
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Biscuit Belly hires Operations VP
April 19, 2023
Biscuit Belly, a Kentucky-based brunch restaurant, hired Tarah Freestone as VP of Operations. Most recently, she served as president of Learning and…
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