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Juice It Up returning to College Station
June 8, 2020
Juice It Up is returning to College Station, Texas, opening in its previous location that closed in 2017 on the corner of Rock Prairie Road and Longmire Drive…
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Muscle Maker Grill hires VP of Real Estate
June 8, 2020
Muscle Maker Grill Inc, the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill & Healthy Joe's, has appointed Pat Chiacchia as VP of Real Estate and Non-Traditional…
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BurgerFi going public?
June 8, 2020
BurgerFi International is on its way to becoming a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The better-burger chain, which has 125 locations in 2…
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How Shake Shack, Chipotle supporting racial equality
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
June 8, 2020
Chipotle and Shake Shack, two fast casual brands that the industry holds up as leaders, are showing their support for racial equality.
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Uber Eats to offer no fee delivery for black-owned restaurants
June 8, 2020
Uber Eats last week announced a plan to promote black-owned restaurants by dropping delivery fees in the U.S. and Canada for the rest of the year.
read nowPortland eatery installs vending machine to serve guests during COVID-19
June 8, 2020
Pix Patisserie, a Portland restaurant, installed a refrigerated vending machine to serve rotating trays of pork dumplings, squid, crème brûlée, macarons and…
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Webinar to explore how mid-market restaurateurs hyper-focus on digital channels
June 5, 2020
Paul Doerner While many fast-casual restaurant concepts have successfully pivoted to off-premise during the coronavirus pandemic, the desire to reopen…
read nowTop restaurant trends place premium on home, health, purpose, price
June 5, 2020
This year, the market researchers at Euromonitor expect per capita global consumer expenditure to decline by approximately 5% and the global economy to enter…
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Just Salad exec: 'A calorie label simply isn't enough'
June 5, 2020
Just Salad is embracing carbon labeling, which means its menu will feature the carbon footprint that reflects the total estimated greenhouse gas emissions…
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Displaced restaurant workers create web series amid pandemic
June 5, 2020
In hopes of changing how people view the foodservice industry, a group of Atlanta-based restaurant workers created a web series called, "Gratuity Not Included…
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Coolgreens revamps vending strategy, targets residential, office market
June 5, 2020
Coolgreens, an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based fast casual restaurant chain, is catering to high-rise residential and office buildings in Dallas, according to a…
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Same-store sales, growth up at Slim Chickens amid pandemic
June 4, 2020
Since February 2020, Slim Chickens, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has inked six multi-unit agreements representing 38 franchise restaurants. The deals, all…
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Greek From Greece 'on the fast track'
June 4, 2020
On the heels of a 31-unit expansion deal that included merging with and rebranding its largest competitor in Manhattan, Greek From Greece Café Cuisine has…
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Flexibility Act en route to president: Restaurant industry breathes sigh of relief
June 4, 2020
Better loan terms, loosened FTE rehire requirements and a longer coverage period are just some of the benefits of the PPP Flexibility Act passed by the Senate…
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Mercato Partners launches $90M investment fund to fuel up-and-coming brands
June 4, 2020
Mercato Partners, an investor for growth-stage companies, has developed Savory, a $90 million fund to help scale up-and-coming restaurant concepts. To create…
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Philly's Best opening first Northern California Location
June 3, 2020
Philly's Best, which serves Philly cheesesteaks, hoagies and fries, is opening its first Northern California location this summer in Oakland near the Oakland…
read nowOriginal ChopShop expanding Texas footprint
June 3, 2020
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Original ChopShop, a lifestyle brand featuring protein bowls, salads, sandwiches and fresh juice, is opening a location this month in…
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Consumers leaning into order pickup
June 3, 2020
When it comes to digital restaurant orders, consumers prefer picking them up compared to delivery and are ordering more meals online than ever primarily due to…
read nowJudge requiring Panera franchisee to pay $4.6M to managers
June 3, 2020
Panera Bread's largest franchisee, Covelli Enterprises, must pay $4.6 million to more than 900 assistant managers who alleged Fair Labor Standards Act and Ohio…
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Luna Grill hires 'head of People'
June 3, 2020
A week after announcing that it had hired Michelle Goncalves as its VP of Culinary, San Diego-based Luna Grill has named AJ Kamra its first-ever head of…
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