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Auntie Anne's co-brands with Jamba for pretzel QSR's 1st drive-thru
May 18, 2021
Auntie Anne's will soon be putting pretzels in drivers' hands thanks to the opening of a combined store with sister brand, Jamba, in Wylie, Texas, a Dallas…
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Tacos 4 Life opening in St Louis
May 17, 2021
Tacos 4 Life, a fast casual restaurant with a mission to help end world hunger, will open a location this year near St. Louis in O'Fallon.
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Teriyaki Madness co-founder helping other brands expand
May 17, 2021
Teriyaki Madness Co-founder Rod Arreola hopes to help other restaurant brands expand their footprints as development director for Raintree, the franchise sales…
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Your Pie moves to Atlanta
May 17, 2021
Your Pie, which has been based in Athens, Georgia since its 2008 founding, has relocated its headquarters to the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta in Georgia this…
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Appetize introduces payment technology for sports, entertainment, hospitality, foodservice
May 17, 2021
Appetize, a digital commerce platform, has introduced Appetize Payments, an all-in-one solution that combines payment processing services along with Appetize's…
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Famous Dave's reports 26% increase in customer frequency
May 17, 2021
BBQ Holdings, which owns Famous Dave's as well as three other restaurant brands, has tapped Mobivity Holdings Corp., to run its mobile engagement programs via…
read nowFiesta CEO 'pleased' with Q1 sales
May 14, 2021
Although Dallas-based Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.'s Q1 revenue was down 1.3% to $144.7 million compared to last year's $146, it beat analysts' estimates of…
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Freebirds unveils design refresh
May 14, 2021
Freebirds World Burrito is unveiling interior and exterior design elements, including updated murals and colors inspired by the brand's deep-rooted Texas pride…
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Habit Burger adding 4th Cambodia location
May 14, 2021
Over 50 years after opening its first unit in Santa Barbara, California, The Habit Burger Grill is adding a location Friday in Olympic, Cambodia, marking its…
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Blaze drizzles a little sweet heat on its Canadian store pies
May 14, 2021
Blaze Pizza has launched an LTO pizza topping, Hot Maple Drizzle, created exclusively for its Canadian restaurants, a news release said.
read nowHotdog joint invests in Cartwheel
May 13, 2021
Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, an on-demand delivery management platform for restaurants and retailers, has raised a $1 million seed round led by TenOneTen…
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Fajita Pete's inks 10-store deal for Dallas
May 13, 2021
Thanks to an agreement with a trio of Texas entrepreneurs, Houston-based Fajita Pete's will open 10 locations in Dallas' northern suburbs later this year.
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PDQ launches app, mobile loyalty program
May 13, 2021
Tampa-based PDQ has launched its first loyalty program — MyPDQ Points — at all 58 locations. Powered by ots new MyPDQ App, guests may customize and save their…
read nowFormer Sweetgreen COO leading Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
May 13, 2021
Sanjiv Razdan, the former COO of Los Angeles-based Sweetgreen, has joined The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf as president of its Americas and India markets. He'll…
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NYC taco cart setting up permanent shop
May 13, 2021
King David Tacos, a New York-based breakfast taco cart founded by Austin native Liz Solomon Dwyer, is opening its first brick-and-mortar location in Brooklyn's…
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Dickey's plants flag in Japan
May 13, 2021
Tokyo got its first taste of Dickey's Barbecue Pit Wednesday when the chain opened in the Kamiosaki District of Shinagawa-ku under the direction of Sunsheng…
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Freddy's inks 4 deals to open 29 units
May 12, 2021
Wichita-based Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has signed four multi-unit agreements that will lead to 29 restaurant openings in Southern California…
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Former Dunkin' exec leading Qdoba's franchise development
May 12, 2021
Qdoba Mexican Eats has hired Shawn Caric as VP of franchise development, where he'll direct the 740-unit brand's franchise expansion in the United States and…
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Could Grubhub's commission-free offering lead to 3rd-party showdown?
May 12, 2021
Things are heating up on the third-party delivery landscape, where the players are getting much more competitive on pricing and options.
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Burger Patch fueling 'Strongest Man' competition
May 12, 2021
Sacramento's Burger Patch, a 2-year-old, plant-based fast casual concept, has signed on as the official local restaurant partner of the 2021 SBD World's…
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