September 18, 2008
NEW YORK — Gerson Lehrman Group and the National Restaurant Association have announced a new alliance designed to strengthen the access to food safety and…
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DESTIN, Fla. — Tropical Smoothie Café has created a new line of bistro sandwiches that will be available at all 275 café locations. The sandwich menu…
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ROCKVILLE, Md. — California Tortilla is celebrating its 13th birthday Sept. 24, with an open-to-the-public party in all of its stores. The first 50 customers…
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Elevation Burger has closed a deal with Alex Smith to bring three units to Baltimore, the company has announced. Smith plans to open his…
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LOS ANGELES — Pinkberry has named Michael Dixon as its chief financial officer. Dixon joins Pinkberry after eight years with The Cheesecake Factory Inc.…
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DENVER — Spicy Pickle has announced the signing of a lease for a Spicy Pickle location in San Diego. The new restaurant marks the third lease for the Spicy…
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Associated Press: Shares of Panera Bread Co. rose $1.45, or 3.1 percent, to end at $49. Panera stock bucked the overall market and rose Monday after the…
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — TrendSource, a provider of restaurant business intelligence services, and Fast Casual magazine, the leading news and information source…
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September 15, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — MICROS has announced two upcoming hardware products at its 2008 Users Conference, held Sept. 14-16 in Annapolis, Md. The new Duraswitch…
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SAN DIEGO — Pat & Oscar's has raised $15,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation chapters throughout Southern California, the company has announced. Diners at…
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ABC15: Fazoli's restaurants in Arizona have suddenly closed their doors. The only indications of the closures are signs on restaurant doors. Click to…
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September 15, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — New research from global payment security consultancy Trustwave analyzes the most common methods and targets of recent card breach incidents…
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SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Co. and Unilever have announced an exclusive licensing agreement for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of Starbucks ice…
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Multi-Unit Franchisee: Multiunit, multi-concept franchising is a contributing factor in the continued growth of franchising. One motivator propelling…
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ATLANTA — Planet Smoothie has announced its collaboration with the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) to promote the benefits of blueberries from Sept. 1…
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kona Grill Inc. has announced that it has closed its restaurant in Naples, Fla., effective Sept. 13, 2008. The location opened in November…
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — South Florida-based Froots Smoothies has named Eric Myers as a new equity partner in the company. Myers is the area director for Los Angeles…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organic To Go is adding two new dining locations in the Washington, D.C., area. Organic To Go now has six locations in the D.C. Metro area.
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DALLAS — XFormity Technologies and Cosi Inc. have announced the deployment of XFormity's Business Intelligence solution across all Cosi corporate restaurants.
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DENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has announced a preliminary view of third quarter results. Details for the full three-month period ending Sept. 30, 2008…
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