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Lower-income households cutting back on restaurant outings
August 22, 2022
Lower-income households are shifting dining habits, likely due to food inflation and a need to reduce food spend, and reducing restaurant visit activity.
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PicnicWorks partners with Minnow Technologies
August 22, 2022
PicnicWorks, a developer of kitchen automation technology, has partnered with Minnow Technologies, a startup that has developed the Pickup Pod, a self-service…
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Planet Smoothie plants flag in Australia
August 22, 2022
The international development of Planet Smoothie is in motion with the opening of its first two locations in Australia, according to its parent company, Kahala…
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Next Level Burger opening flagship in Denver
August 18, 2022
Oregon-based Next Level Burger will open its flagship location Saturday in Denver's University neighborhood at 1605 E. Evans Ave., marking the vegan burger…
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Big Chicken rocking Music City
August 18, 2022
Big Chicken, founded by Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, has signed a franchise agreement to open 10 restaurants in Tennessee with local restaurateur Jim…
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Sonny’s BBQ names Billy Brewer as COO
August 18, 2022
Maitland, Florida-based Sonny's BBQ has promoted Billy Brewer from VP of operations to COO.
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El Pollo Loco inks 4-unit deal for Louisiana
August 18, 2022
With one restaurant opening and operating in the Bayou State, in Lafayette, El Pollo Loco Inc. is set to expand its Louisiana footprint via a four-unit deal…
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Doner Shack appoints director of global franchise
August 18, 2022
Doner Shack, a Berlin-inspired street-food concept, has appointed Nil Naik as director of global franchise to help it expand globally, according to a company…
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Honeygrow employees receiving daily payments
August 17, 2022
Honeygrow, a Philadelphia-based fast casual concept, is joining forces with DailyPay to offer employees access to earned pay after completing a shift…
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Apola Greek Grill opening 1st franchised store
August 17, 2022
California's Apola Greek Grill is ready for growth. The chain is opening its first franchise location this fall in Riverside and may add a second…
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Retired Goodcents franchisee is back in business
August 17, 2022
Twenty-year Goodcents franchisee Sam Singh thought he was ready to retire from his sandwich shop in Emporia, Kansas, but four months later he took over a…
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Taziki's opens 100th location
August 17, 2022
The first Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe opened in 1998, and on Tuesday, nearly 25 years later, it celebrated its 100th opening in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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Naf Naf hires CMO
August 17, 2022
Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill has hired Nico Nieto as CMO to grow its owned and third-party channels as well as digital capabilities, customer acquisition…
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Chi'Lantro opening 10th location
August 16, 2022
Chi'Lantro BBQ is opening its 10th location next month with a store in Northwest Austin at 12129 N. FM 620 ste. 202.
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Slim Chickens adding Colorado location
August 16, 2022
Slim Chickens is opening this week at 9566 Twenty Mile Road in Parker, Colorado, with Mile High Chicken at the helm. The Parker opening marks the group's…
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Lettuce Entertain You taps DoorDash to enhance online ordering
August 16, 2022
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, which owns Wow Bao, has launched Storefront, DoorDash's online ordering platform, to create a first-party online ordering…
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Chipotle launches lemonade-scented candle
August 16, 2022
To celebrate National Lemonade Day on Aug. 20, Chipotle is launching a lemonade-scented candle inspired by fans who "accidentally" fill their water cups with…
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Friendly's upgrading POS system
August 16, 2022
In an effort to better serve its customers, Friendly's Restaurants is rolling out a cloud POS system, Revel Enterprise, at its 120 locations.
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Restaurant gift card sales continue recovery
August 15, 2022
The number of gift cards sold in 2021 increased by 22%, year over year, and sales in the first half of 2022 are just 2% behind the 2021 level.
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August 12, 2022
Panera Brands Inc., which includes Panera Bread as well as Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Brands, has hired Konrad Meyer as chief financial officer to…
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