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Duck Donuts under new leadership, ownership
April 14, 2021
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based Duck Donuts has a new CEO and parent company. NewSpring Franchise, which is focused on investing in franchise and multi-unit…
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Customers with kids spend the most on online food orders
April 14, 2021
Married couples with kids spent more on food orders in 2020 than any other type of household, according to a report, "Delivering on restaurant rewards,…
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Teriyaki Madness celebrates 100th shop opening
April 13, 2021
Teriyaki Madness celebrated the opening of its 100th restaurant on April 1. The milestone store is located in Katy, Texas, according to a press release.
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Roots Pizza boost sales with NCR app
April 13, 2021
Roots Pizza, a Chicago pizzeria with four locations and part of the 50 Restaurant Group, has partnered with NCR Corp. to deploy the NCR Engage app.
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Qdoba launches customer experience management program
April 13, 2021
Qdoba Mexican Eats has tapped Kansas City-based Service Management Group to help it capture guest feedback from its nearly 750 locations.
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Jinya partnering with FranFast for franchise development
April 13, 2021
Jinya Holdings Inc. — which owns Bushi by Jinya, Jinya Ramen Bar, Jinya Ramen Express and Robata Jinya — is expanding domestically as well as internationally…
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Targetable buys ShopAdvisor to boost customer reach
April 13, 2021
Targetable, a brand marketing platform for small businesses, has acquired ShopAdvisor as part of its strategy to boost its ability to target and reach specific…
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Fajita Pete's donates $20K to celebrate 20th restaurant
April 13, 2021
Fajita Pete's Tex-Mex fajita restaurant is celebrating the opening of its 20th restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas. The Overland Park location is owned by…
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Bonchon Chicken deploys digital menu boards from c3ms Media, BrightSign
April 12, 2021
Bonchon Chicken, a Korean-based fried chicken franchise with 370 restaurants in the U.S., has deployed digital menu boards at more than 100 of its locations.
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Citizens Go app serves ghost kitchens, customers
April 12, 2021
Online ordering platform Lunchbox and Sam Nazarian's C3 are partnering to create the Citizens Go app that houses C3's network of ghost kitchens, restaurants…
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Blaze opening 4 Dallas area stores this spring
April 12, 2021
Blaze Pizza's latest location to open in Rowlett, Texas, in late March on Lakeview Parkway, is the first of several stores coming to the Dallas market this…
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Chipotle ups steak, barbacoa prices in margin quest
April 12, 2021
In a quest to get closer to its margin goals Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has increased prices on its steak and barbacoa items by about 4%, according to data…
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Impossible Foods contemplates public listing
April 9, 2021
Impossible Foods Inc., a plant-based burger manufacturer, is preparing a public listing that could value the company at around $10 billion or more, according…
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Saladworks is part of Walmart Canada, Ghost Kitchen Brands effort
April 9, 2021
Saladworks is among 20 brands participating in a partnership between Ghost Kitchen Brands and Walmart Canada that seeks to provide one-stop meal pickup and…
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s “Guac on the Rock” supporting local restaurants
April 9, 2021
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is launching a "Guac on the Rock" promotion that will reimburse restaurant customers up to $1,000,000 when they purchase guacamole…
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Slice says pizza rewards program is nation's largest
April 8, 2021
Independent pizzeria network and tech platform, Slice, has launched a rewards program that gives customers a point for every $15 purchased through the Slice…
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PAR acquires Punchh for $500M
April 8, 2021
After dropping $500 million in cash and shares, PAR Technology Corporation, a global provider of restaurant software, now owns Punchh Inc., a loyalty and guest…
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Chipotle funding employees' degrees in agriculture, culinary, hospitality
April 8, 2021
Chipotle Mexican Grill will offer debt-free degrees in agriculture, culinary and hospitality to all eligible employees in partnership with Guild Education, an…
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Blaze Pizza to open 16 stores across 3 states
April 8, 2021
Blaze Pizza has signed agreements to open 16 restaurants, across three states, in the first quarter of this year, including stores in Texas, Florida and…
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Muscle Maker advances private placement strategy
April 7, 2021
Muscle Maker Inc. has made a deal for a private placement with a single investor to buy up to 1.25 million shares of stock and approximately 2.87 million…
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