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Slim Chickens opens in Alabama

January 26, 2022

Fayetteville, Arkansas-based Slim Chickens has opened its first unit of 2022 at 3501 Woodward Ave., in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Marking restaurant group Dixie…

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Rise Southern Biscuits entering Florida

January 26, 2022

Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken has signed a multi-unit franchise deal for Florida with franchisee Don Schnurr. He and his family will open at…

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ParTech Inc. partners with Jolt to integrate Brink POS

January 26, 2022

ParTech Inc., a global restaurant technology company offering a unified commerce cloud platform, is teaming up with Jolt to integrate its operations management…

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Mongolian Concepts promotes Operations VP

January 26, 2022

Mongolian Concepts, which owns Genghis Grill, FlatTop Grill and bd's Mongolian Grill, has promoted Lori Cominsky to VP of Operations and Training.

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Fuku making Kentucky debut

January 26, 2022

Fuku, a New York-based fried chicken joint, is making its Lexington, Kentucky debut Wednesday. Thanks to a partnership with Franklin Junction, a virtual…

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Fuzzy's lands 50-unit deal with Slim Chickens franchisee

January 26, 2022

Fuzzy's Taco Shop has signed a 50-store agreement with Slim Chickens franchisee Richard Maddox to enter Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee and to also add…

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Zoup rolls out retail line

January 26, 2022

Zoup is getting back to its roots with a lineup of shelf-stable soups.

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Big Chicken takes on Chicago

January 25, 2022

Big Chicken, founded by NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, is opening in Chicago thanks to a deal with entrepreneur Ken Patel, according to a company press…

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Roti paying customers to download app

January 25, 2022

To celebrate the debut of its mobile app, Chicago-based Roti is paying customers when they download and order from it. For every download, users will receive a…

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Noodles & Co ditching plastic straws

January 25, 2022

Plastic straws will be a thing of the past by March at Noodles & Co's 450 U.S. locations.

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The Red Chickz expanding footprint

January 25, 2022

The Red Chickz, a Nashville hot chicken brand with over 1 million TikTok followers, is expanding in Arizona, Texas, Nevada and California. The brand is opening…

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Smoothie King hires former Qdoba, Dunkin' VP

January 25, 2022

Smoothie King has hired industry veteran Shawn Caric as VP of Franchise Development to help it meet its goal of signing 200 store commitments in 2022.

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Wayback Burgers posts strong sales in 2021

January 25, 2022

Cheshire, Connecticut-based Wayback Burgers reported positive gains in 2021, including a system-wide sales increase of 26.2% and a comparable-store sales…

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Foodservice industry to hit $4.1T by 2026

January 24, 2022

The global food service industry is projected to reach a size of $4.1 trillion by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4%, according to a press…

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The Habit adds college campus to portfolio

January 21, 2022

California-based The Habit Burger Grill is opening Saturday At California State University, San Bernardino in the Student Union North at 5500 University Pkwy.

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Shawarma Press opens 2nd location within Walmart

January 20, 2022

Shawarma Press has opened its second of seven locations planned within Walmart stores.

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Former Starbucks president joins Australian-inspired coffee chain

January 20, 2022

Bluestone Lane, an Australian-inspired specialty coffee roaster, cafe and lifestyle brand, has appointed Jim Alling to its board of directors. The former…

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Scooter's names VP of Construction

January 20, 2022

To support Scooter's Coffee growth plans, Pat Sardo has joined the company as VP of construction and will oversee franchise construction from real estate…

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