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Farmer Boys opening 100th location
October 6, 2020
Farmer Boys, based in Southern California, is celebrating the opening of its 100th restaurant Oct. 23 at 23190 Cajalco Expwy., in Perris, California. Guests…
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Impact Kitchen relaunches with tech suite and customer loyalty app
October 6, 2020
Toronto-based health food restaurant, Impact Kitchen, not only reopened all four of its locations, it now has a new and streamlined tech suite and customer…
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Starbucks, Lyft giving free rides to the polls
October 6, 2020
As part of its goal to encourage voting this year, Starbucks is s providing all U.S. employees a free one-way Lyft ride up to $75, to the polls to vote…
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Pie Five, Pizza Inn parent adds executives to franchise development team
October 6, 2020
Rave Restaurant Group Inc., the Pizza Inn and Pie Five parent, has hired two executives away from Bojangles' to help lead its franchise development efforts.
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Fiesta Group reports negative Q3 sales, making improvements
October 6, 2020
Although Fiesta Restaurant Group's comparable sales were negative, the parent company of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana saw major improvements during Q3 and…
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Scooter's Coffee sees continued growth in Colorado
October 6, 2020
Scooter's Coffee LLC, a Midwest-based drive-thru coffee franchise, is continuing expansion in Colorado by signing a three-unit deal with brothers Todd, Tim and…
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SocialEats goes to Hollywood
October 5, 2020
Hospitality Group K2 Restaurants is expanding SocialEats, a food discovery concept optimized for local appeal, operational efficiency and scalability from…
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Life's a Beach for Dickey's
October 5, 2020
Dickey's Barbecue Pit owner operator and Army veteran Wendy Williams is opening her second location next year in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She inked the expansion…
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Habit Burger making Massachusetts debut
October 5, 2020
Massachusetts is getting its first location of The Habit Burger Grill when it opens this week in Wilmington at 196 Ballardvale St., according to a company…
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FAT Brands adds co-branded store in California
October 5, 2020
FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Fatburger, Buffalo's Express and seven other restaurant concepts, has opened a co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo's Express in…
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Whizz App hoping to ease delivery driver discomfort
October 1, 2020
WaBa Grill, which serves healthy rice bowls, is partnering with The Whizz App, an app created by gig workers for gig workers providing subscribers with a…
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Noodles making comeback amid pandemic
October 1, 2020
After clawing its way back from years of sales losses, Noodles & Co. has returned to positive comparable sales growth during fiscal September with the…
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Gosh promotes Marketing VP to CMO
October 1, 2020
Gosh Enterprises, parent company of Bibibop Asian Grill, Charleys Philly Steaks and Lennys Grill and Subs, has promoted Brian Hipsher to CMO of all three…
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LAX expands mobile food and beverage ordering
October 1, 2020
LAXOrderNow.com is a new food service program that lets hungry travelers coming through the Los Angeles International Airport use their mobile device to order…
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Wiz Khalifa hopes fast casual joint is next hit
October 1, 2020
Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa is getting in the restaurant business with HotBox by Wiz, a delivery-only restaurant chain…
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Qdoba scoops up former Potbelly exec
October 1, 2020
Qdoba Mexican Eats has hired franchising industry veteran Peter Ortiz as VP of franchise development, where he is directing the 730-unit brand's franchise…
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NYC coffee chain installing UVC sanitizing technology
October 1, 2020
Australian-inspired coffee concept, Bluestone Lane, is going the extra mile to protect its New York City customers from COVID-19 and other pathogens by…
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Restaurants endure at least 1.5 monthly equipment issues
October 1, 2020
Repairing equipment can be a costly burden, especially in the limited-service industry, in which operators reported that a critical piece of equipment goes…
read nowQ4 revenues down nearly 40% at Pie Five, Pizza Inn
October 1, 2020
Rave Restaurant Group Inc., parent company of Pizza Inn and Pie Five, reported nearly 40% drops in revenue for both brands during the fourth quarter and fiscal…
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Fajita Pete's signs deals to add 15 locations
October 1, 2020
Fajita Pete's has signed agreements for 15 Texas restaurants, including five in Austin, a new market for the brand. The company is also adding five locations…
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