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Wayback Burgers lures potential workers with fries
June 4, 2021
Connecticut-based Wayback Burgers will be dangling free fries in front of job applicants next week, providing another example of how restaurants are pulling…
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Restaurant exec search firm takes on franchisee-brand matching
June 4, 2021
Restaurant executive search firm, ClearPath Solutions, is getting into the franchise business of sorts. The company said this week that it's launching an arm…
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Freebirds World Burrito to double foot print by 2026
June 4, 2021
Freebirds World Burrito, which has more than 50 stores chain-wide, plans to double its system size over the next five years. The company said the growth spurt…
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Garbanzo taking customers on 'Falafel Quest'
June 4, 2021
Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh launched a Falafel Quest Tuesday, which features four limited-time only menu items celebrating tastes and ingredients of different…
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Main Squeeze hosting Watermelon Wars
June 4, 2021
Main Squeeze Juice Co., a Louisiana-based juice and smoothie bar franchise, is bringing back its watermelon juice until Aug. 31 in a campaign — "Hydrate vs.
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Former Moe's exec named Yoshinoya US CEO
June 3, 2021
Former's Moe's Southwest Grill operations executive Jon Gilliam has been named CEO at Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen U.S., as the brand prepares for rapid growth…
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General Assembly Pizza goes public on Toronto exchange
June 3, 2021
Toronto-based fast casual pizza restaurant and pizza subscription service General Assembly Pizza is now listed on the Toronto TSXVenture Exchange under "GA," a…
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Report: Digital did a 'real number' on restaurants last year
June 3, 2021
By now every restaurateur is aware 2020 was restaurant tech's big year, but what many may not fully realize is just how big last year was for restaurants that…
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Cousins Subs hiring 500 workers
June 3, 2021
Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs is hiring 500 employees in preparation for the busy summer season. The company and its franchise partners have opportunities…
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Gabby Douglas, Smoothie King pushing watermelon sugar high
June 3, 2021
Smoothie King is celebrating warmer weather with two watermelon smoothies: the Watermelon X-Treme and the Hydration Watermelon, which feature a blend of…
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Qdoba sign multi-unit Dallas deal
June 3, 2021
Qdoba Mexican Eats has signed a multi-unit franchise development agreement for the Dallas area with a major multi-unit, multi-segment group, a news release…
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Blaze names former Sonic VP to head development
June 3, 2021
Los Angeles-based Blaze Pizza has named a former Sonic Drive In real estate executive, Johnny Jones, as senior vice president of Development, a news release…
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The business case for avatars
June 2, 2021
Will avatars be the next game changer for the highly competitive retail, foodservice, banking, health care and hospitality industries?
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World's biggest meatpacker reopening after ransomware attack
June 2, 2021
Slightly more than a day after the world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, closed U.S. and Australian operations due to a cyberattack, operations are slowly coming…
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Smaller, 'disadvantaged' restaurants get crack at LAX space
June 2, 2021
Small, local businesses and certified Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, known as ACDBE, now have an increased opportunity to win one of…
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Coca-Cola sends restaurants love poems in form of free drinks
June 2, 2021
Coca-Cola is waxing poetic as the warmer weather moves us into prime soft drink-sipping weather. The beverage company is not only engraving rhymes across…
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The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill opening in West Palm Beach
June 2, 2021
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill has its sights set on South Florida opening this week in West Palm Beach, adding to locations in Palm Beach Gardens, Port…
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Freshii giving fans 'something to taco-bout'
June 2, 2021
Canada-based Freshii is now serving tacos using healthy ingredients for which the brand is known, according to a company press release. Each recipe is served…
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Webinar: Why your POS isn’t just for cashiers anymore
June 2, 2021
Gone are the days when point-of-sale systems were only being used at the restaurant cash register. Diners are already using them to access menus, order and pay…
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Cyberattack shuts down world's biggest meat processor
June 1, 2021
The world's largest meat processor, JBS, said it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack that affected some of its servers supporting its North…
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