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Pokemoto opens 3rd location in 10 days
August 31, 2022
Pokemoto, Muscle Maker Inc.'s Hawaiian poke bowl restaurant concept, has opened its 11th Connecticut location in Colchester, Connecticut, with nine more signed…
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Rubio's upgrades loyalty program
August 31, 2022
Rubio's Coastal Grill is launching an updated rewards program, enabling guests to cash in points for free drinks, desserts, tacos and entrees. Designed to be…
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Ellianos Coffee opens Georgia location
August 31, 2022
Ellianos Coffee opened last week in Tifton, Georgia, at 148 S. Virginia Ave., under the direction of franchisees Clifton and Julie Mathews, who also own the…
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Chipotle testing Chicken Al Pastor
August 30, 2022
Chipotle Mexican Grill is testing Chicken Al Pastor at 94 restaurants in Denver and Indianapolis, according to a company press release.
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Aloha Poke Co opening Chicago stores
August 30, 2022
Aloha Poke Co. is opening two Chicago corporate stores.
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Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream celebrates two holidays with free pizza
August 30, 2022
Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream is highlighting two classic pizzas this September, according to a press release.
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Urban Plates partnering with X Games gold medalist
August 30, 2022
Urban Plates, a fast casual restaurant with 17 locations in California, has partnered with six-time world champion and 13-time X Games gold medalist Nyjah…
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Starbucks AI expert on how AI transforms restaurant customer engagement
August 30, 2022
Can AI and machine learning transform customer engagement in restaurants into a more personalized experience? Yes, according to Brian Ames, program manager for…
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Biscuit Belly focusing on Georgia, Alabama
August 30, 2022
Biscuit Belly, a Kentucky-based brunch restaurant founded in 2019, is continuing its national expansion through franchising, with developments in the Georgia…
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Dave's Hot Chicken entering Philly market
August 30, 2022
Dave's Hot Chicken, a Los Angeles-based street food concept, has inked an agreement with Jiger Patel and Pranav Desai to open a minimum of eight locations…
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Pokemoto opens within sister concept
August 30, 2022
Pokemoto, Muscle Maker Inc.'s Hawaiian poke bowl restaurant concept, has opened a company-owned store in Orange Park, Florida. The shop shares the same leased…
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Quiznos, Taco Del Mar testing pre-fabricated prototypes
August 29, 2022
As part of its brands' transformations, Rego Restaurant Group, the parent company Quiznos and Taco Del Mar, has inked a deal with Michigan-based BCubed…
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Michigan Chipotle workers join union
August 29, 2022
Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Michigan, have voted to form a union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, making it the first of…
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Millennials are a restaurant’s best friend
August 29, 2022
The current economic worries driven by inflation aren't stopping millennials from dining out as 84% ordered restaurant delivery in the past month and nearly…
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Focus Brands brings on restaurant category president, Schlotzsky's chief brand officer
August 26, 2022
Focus Brands, parent company of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky's, has promoted Shelley Harris…
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Pokemoto schooling Mississippi
August 26, 2022
Pokemoto, owned by Muscle Maker Inc., is opening the first of three previously inked franchise deals in the Mississippi market. Opening in Oxford, the…
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Big Chicken hitting Houston
August 26, 2022
Big Chicken, founded by NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, is breaking ground in Houston thanks to a 50-unit agreement with Frank and Fazil Malik and Noordin…
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Kevin Hart's fast casual brand opens in Los Angeles
August 25, 2022
Hart House, a plant-based fast casual founded by actor and comedian Kevin Hart, opened its first location Thursday in the Westchester neighborhood of Los…
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Big Chicken adds to leadership lineup
August 25, 2022
On the heels of its first franchised location opening, and several more to follow in the second half of 2022, Shaquille O'Neal-owned Big Chicken has added a…
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Daddy's Chicken Shack hatching in Florida
August 25, 2022
Daddy's Chicken Shack, which has two locations open and 80 in development, has signed an agreement with Florida businessman Ed Zausch and his wife, Gayla, to…
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