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Planet Smoothie issues call for green inventors
February 5, 2008
ATLANTA — Planet Smoothie has announce its "New Year! New Look! New You!" campaign. The promotion kicks off this month and includes wellness and weight-loss…
read nowMajdanics joins Firehouse Subs as manager, brand marketing
February 5, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Firehouse Subs has named Kristen Majdanics as its manager of brand marketing. Majdanics will direct the development, testing, analysis and…
read nowSpicy Pickle inks Texas franchise deal
February 5, 2008
DENVER — Spicy Pickle has announced the sale of a multiunit restaurant-development agreement for Houston, bringing the total number of franchises sold up to…
read nowPanasonic unveils integrated POS, surveillance solution
February 4, 2008
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Panasonic System Solutions Company has unveiled an integrated solution that combines control and management capabilities of the company's…
read nowUFood signs first Chicago franchise agreement
February 4, 2008
BOSTON — UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has announced the sale of a multiunit restaurant agreement to a franchise developer in Chicago. The franchisee has an…
read nowBuffalo Wild Wings completes purchase of 7 locations
February 4, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain leases and other assets of seven Don Pablo's Mexican…
read nowPort City Java makes top new franchise list
February 4, 2008
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Entrepreneur magazine has listed Port City Java in the Top 50 New Franchises for the second consecutive year, the company has announced.
read nowNothing but Noodles collects for National Canned Food Month
February 4, 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Participating Nothing but Noodles restaurants throughout the country are celebrating National Canned Food Month by offering a…
read nowStarbucks comps increase 1%
February 4, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has reported a 1-percent consolidated same-store sales increase for the company's first quarter, ended Dec. 30, 2007. The increase…
read nowSaladworks signs with real-estate broker
February 3, 2008
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Saladworks has signed Site Development Incorporated as its exclusive real-estate broker for the chain's targeted growth areas, the company…
read nowEllianos selects first HeroFran franchisee
February 3, 2008
LAKE CITY, Fla. — Ellianos Coffee Company welcomes Catherine Tune to the franchise family, as the first franchisee selected under the new HeroFran program.
read nowMiss. bill: No service for obese
February 3, 2008
(Miss.) Sun Herald: House Bill 282 would prohibit restaurants in Mississippi — which has been ranked as the most obese state — from serving food to people who…
read nowCorner Bakery Cafe inks Ariz. deal
January 31, 2008
LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Corner Bakery Cafe has signed a franchise agreement with Phoenix-based Roland Spongberg and WKS Bakery Cafe Inc. to develop 15 Corner…
read nowPanda Express to ring in Chinese New Year
January 31, 2008
ROSEMEAD, Calif. — Panda Express associates will host Chinese New Year celebrations Feb. 7 at elementary schools in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San…
read nowSpicy Pickle expands with 2 corporate locations
January 31, 2008
DENVER — Spicy Pickle Franchising Inc. has announced the signing of two leases for new corporate-owned restaurant locations, both to be opened in the spring of…
read nowPanera Bread plans Ark. growth
January 31, 2008
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. — Panera Bread has announced a new agreement with Oklahoma City Bakery Inc. to develop bakery-cafés in the Little Rock, Ark., area.
read nowTop QSR ads driven by health, humor
January 30, 2008
BOSTON — Communications & Brand Analytics, a Phoenix Marketing International practice, has announced that Subway received the highest marks in Phoenix's…
read nowMad Greens opens in Fort Collins
January 30, 2008
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Mad Greens Inspired Eats has opened its newest location, which is in Fort Collins, Colo., the company has announced. Grand-opening…
read nowBruegger's celebrates 25 years
January 30, 2008
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Bruegger's Enterprises Inc. will celebrate its 25th anniversary in February 2008. The company started in 1983 in Troy, N.Y., where original…
read nowChipotle promotes two, restructures
January 30, 2008
DENVER — Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has announced the promotion of two executives to officer positions. Effective March 1, Rex Jones becomes chief development…
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