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Digital, off-premise sales keeping Noodles & Co afloat
October 29, 2020
Q3 digital sales at Noodles & Co grew 151%, accounting for 61% of sales and keeping the chain afloat during the pandemic.
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Clover ushers in touchless dining feature
October 29, 2020
Restaurants using Clover's point-of-sale platform from Fiserv Inc. are now able to offer guests a touchless experience from order to payment.
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Chopt opening 5th New Jersey location
October 29, 2020
Chopt Creative Salad Co. is opening its newest New Jersey restaurant Wednesday at 52 Farm View in Montvale.
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Coolgreens expanding amid pandemic
October 29, 2020
Despite trying times for the industry, Coolgreens reported record-breaking growth in Q3, doubling its number of franchise restaurants with three openings…
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Chicago banning dine-in service
October 29, 2020
Chicago restaurants must close all dine-in service as of Friday, according to a mandate from Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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Rapid Fired, Artichoke Basille's open stores
October 29, 2020
Pizzerias are popping up all over, proving the strength of the category at the moment.
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Slice chops fees to shops on under $10 orders
October 28, 2020
Pizza tech platform Slice is eliminating its standard fee to shops on small orders as well as $10 pickup minimums and challenging other ordering services to do…
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NRA pushes recessed Congress for relief deal by year's end
October 28, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent the Senate into recess Tuesday, for two weeks until Nov. 9, still without any type of recovery bill that might help…
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Wolfnights launches LTO with edible gold
October 27, 2020
Wolfnights, a New York gourmet wrap concept, is launching a periodic special called the Full Moon Wrap. To coincide with this month's lunar crescendo, the…
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Rubio's files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
October 27, 2020
Rubio's Restaurant Inc., known for its fish tacos, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reached a financial restructuring deal with its sponsor, Mill Road…
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Sweetgreen cutting corporate jobs
October 27, 2020
Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Neman told employees last week that
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Freddy’s namesake, Freddy Simon, dies at age 95
October 27, 2020
Frederick Freddy L. Simon, co-founder and namesake of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, died Oct. 25, 2020. Along with his sons Bill and Randy, and…
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Zaxby's reignites Chicken Sandwich Wars
October 27, 2020
A year after the Chicken Sandwich Wars broke out on Twitter, Zaxby's has fired an artillery shot with its "Y'all ready?" tweet, declaring that "The Chicken…
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Great American Takeout hosting pizza parties at the polls
October 27, 2020
With long lines already reported at polling sites nationwide, The Great American Takeout is teaming up with Pizza to the Polls — a non-profit, non-partisan…
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Muscle Maker Grill adds 3 ghost kitchens
October 27, 2020
Muscle Maker Inc., the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill, Healthy Joe's and MMG Burger Bar, is adding three delivery-only ghost kitchens throughout the…
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Rapid Fired creator kicks off Dayton, Ohio chicken-centered QSR
October 27, 2020
The creators of Rapid Fired Pizza and Hot Head Burritos are creating a chicken-centered QSR opening December in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. Wiley's Wings Tenders…
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Focus Brands names former Hilton exec to lead Europe, Middle East, Africa
October 27, 2020
Focus Brands, the parent company of Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon, has named former Hilton Hotels executive, Sean Wooden, as its International's…
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Tarka Indian Kitchen outsourcing sauces to ATX Specialty Foods
October 26, 2020
Tarka Indian Kitchen is teaming up with another Austin-based company — ATX Specialty Foods — to outsource its sauces, setting the brand up to begin expansion…
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Fazoli's taps PAR to open ghost kitchen
October 26, 2020
Fazoli's Impact Hospitality Group, a Fazoli's franchisee, has opened its first ghost kitchen in Atlanta by partnering with ParTech Inc., a provider of POS…
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Chicken Salad Chick adding to Tennessee lineup
October 26, 2020
Chicken Salad Chick is expanding in Tennessee with its newest company-owned restaurant in Wolfchase.
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