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Souper Salad execs look to rebuild brand
June 15, 2009
Souper Salad has struggled for about six years to rebuild the success the brand saw in its early years. A low point for the company came last summer when the…
read nowSmashburger to open in Grand Junction, San Antonio
June 14, 2009
DENVER — Smashburger has announced it has two Founders Club franchisees opening the company's first franchise stores in the coming weeks. The first franchise…
read nowWingstop, Feeding America partner to fight hunger
June 14, 2009
DALLAS — Wingstop restaurants across the country are joining a national campaign with Feeding America to support the organization's mission to feed America's…
read nowU.S. ad spend down 14.2% in Q1 2009
June 11, 2009
NEW YORK — Total measured advertising expenditures in the opening quarter of 2009 plunged 14.2 percent versus a year ago, to $30.18 billion, according to data…
read nowNoodles & Company opens Calif. locations
June 11, 2009
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Noodles & Company has announced it will open its first restaurant in Roseville, Calif., on June 19 at 11 a.m. The new restaurant will…
read nowEl Pollo Loco airs beef with KFC's grilled chicken
June 11, 2009
Orange County Register: El Pollo Loco is waging another attack on KFC's new grilled chicken. This time, the Costa Mesa-based chain is challenging the integrity…
read nowU.S. senators craft compromise national menu labeling bill
June 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate supporters of competing menu-labeling legislation have come up with a compromise bill that has the support of the National Restaurant…
read nowJamba Juice named top healthy option in Zagat survey
June 10, 2009
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Jamba Juice was recently named the No. 1 healthy option in the Quick Refreshment category in Zagat's 2009 Fast Food Survey. Jamba had the…
read nowMintel releases findings on trends in ice cream, coffeehouses and alcohol
June 10, 2009
CHICAGO — Restaurant industry research firm Mintel has released new findings about three of the hottest food and drink markets: ice cream, coffeehouses and…
read nowSchlotzsky's rolls out trio of sandwiches
June 9, 2009
Austin, Texas — Schlotzsky's has launched its Bacon Smokecheezy Three-zy menu items at locations until August 30, the company has announced. The product line…
read nowPick Up Stix serves up free entree, extends LTO
June 9, 2009
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Pick Up Stix restaurants has announced its offering of a free entrée with the purchase of any other entrée, through July 15, at…
read nowLe Pain Quotidien issues allergy alert
June 9, 2009
NEW YORK — The manufacturer of Le Pain Quotidien's Noir Belgian Dark Chocolate Spread is recalling a limited number of 14.15-oz. jars of Noir Belgian Dark…
read nowPanera Bread, Starbucks receive Zagat survey awards
June 8, 2009
NEW YORK — Zagat has revealed the results of its latest Fast Food Survey, with Wendy's retaining its reign as champion in the Mega-Chain category for Food…
read nowZebu Forno opens fourth N.J. location
June 8, 2009
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Zebu Forno, the European-style bakery and café, has announced it has opened its fourth New Jersey location and first in Morris County in…
read nowGenghis Grill continues to expand Texas presence
June 8, 2009
DALLAS — Genghis Grill has announced it has opened two new locations in San Antonio and Georgetown, Texas, bringing up to six the total of locations open so…
read nowCalifornia Tortilla launches kids activity book
June 8, 2009
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Kids will eat for free June 10 at California Tortilla as the brand introduces its first kids activity book. For each adult entree purchased, a…
read nowQuiznos launches Torpedo sandwich promo
June 7, 2009
DENVER — Quiznos has announced the launch of its "Where Do You Torpedo?" promotioon, giving consumers the chance to win $10,000 for demonstrating how to eat…
read nowNoodles & Company opens in Chicago suburb
June 7, 2009
CHICAGO — Noodles & Company has announced it will open its first restaurant in Glen Ellyn, marking the chain's 26th location in Illinois.
read nowPollo Campero partners with Radiant Systems for U.S. operations
June 7, 2009
ATLANTA — Radiant Systems Inc. has announced an agreement with Pollo Campero to standardize its U.S. operations on MenuLink Labor and MenuLink…
read nowNPD: QSR only strength in global foodservice for 2008
June 7, 2009
CHICAGO — Among the effects of the worldwide economic downturn was fewer visits to foodservice outlets across the globe, according to market research company…
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