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Restaurant owners form lobby group to fight for minimum wage increases
April 17, 2013
A week after the National Restaurant Association announced that it would use lobbyists to represent some of the country’s largest chain restaurant corporations…
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Carville, Matalin to discuss gov't issues facing restaurateurs at Fast Casual Exec Summit
April 16, 2013
James Carville and Mary Matalin, Washington D.C.’s most high-profile political couple, will bring a fiery conversation about how Washington is affecting the…
read nowHMSHost opens new fast casuals, QSRs at Dallas airport
April 16, 2013
Dining options at Dallas Love have been upgraded, thanks to a partnership between HMSHost and Java Star Incorporated. They have opened La Madeleine Country…
read nowRobeks deploys personalized, geo-targeted advertising platform
April 16, 2013
Robeks Premium Fruit Smoothies' 108 franchisees began using Silvercrest Advertising's Localized Media Automation Platform (LMAP) this week, with an objective…
read nowCowboy Chicken adds franchise development director
April 16, 2013
Cowboy Chicken-Wood Fire Rotisserie, a seven-unit Dallas-based fast casual brand, has named Kathy Davidson as its new director of Franchise Development to…
read nowDine Out For No Kid Hungry registration now open
April 16, 2013
More than 16 million children in America struggle with hunger, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, and this September, thousands of…
read nowCapriotti's Sandwich Shop expands in home state
April 16, 2013
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has opened its 19th Delaware restaurant in Newark, at Harmony Plaza. The new location is 12 miles from the original shop in…
read nowBoston restaurants temporarily closed after Marathon bombings
April 16, 2013
The typically bustling Boylston Street in Boston is filled with restaurants and shops, both national and local. Today, most of those businesses remain closed…
read nowNPD Group launches monthly foodservice sales tracking service
April 16, 2013
NPD Group announced it will launch SupplyTrack this summer. The new service will track foodservice distributors and manufacturers' market performance by…
read nowPie Face's new berry pie makes Broadway debut
April 15, 2013
Pie Face, the 24-hour Australian pie shop, opened its fourth USA location today in Manhattan's Theater district. To celebrate, the chain has joined forces with…
read nowA&W throws hat into better burger, fast casual ring
April 15, 2013
For a brand that's been around about 94 years, A&W has made many big changes just within the past year and a half since divesting from Yum! Brands.
read nowMoe's offers $5 burritos to celebrate 'Cinco de Moe's'
April 15, 2013
In celebration of Cinco De Mayo, also known as Cinco De Moe's at Moe's Southwest Grill, the chain is offering customers its Homewrecker burrito, chips and…
read nowBurger 21 focusing on Florida
April 15, 2013
Burger 21, a better burger franchise founded by the owners of The Melting Pot Restaurants Inc., is targeting the Greater Orlando market for future development…
read nowMemphis-based sub shop offers voluntary menu transparency
April 15, 2013
Lenny's Sub Shop, a 150-unit sub sandwich franchise based in Tennessee, has rolled out voluntary calorie information for select sandwiches in all of its sub…
read nowRestaurant industry groups support renewable fuel standard reform
April 11, 2013
Four Congressmen introduced the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act this week, bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing food costs by eliminating the…
read nowCustomers to get free taste of new dish at Panda Express
April 11, 2013
Panda Express introduced its newest premium entrée, Samurai Surf & Turf on April 3 but is giving customers a free sample on April 17, according to a…
read nowLeaf launches POS tablet for limited-service restaurants
April 11, 2013
Limited-service restaurants now have a mobile point of sale unit designed specifically for them. Leaf, a provider of POS systems, business intelligence and…
read nowGreen Leaf's and Bananas expanding in Texas
April 10, 2013
Villa Enterprises Management Ltd., a global multi-concept restaurant franchisor, has opened a second Green Leaf's and Bananas location in Texas in the Katy…
read nowBack Yard Burger going bigger with burgers
April 10, 2013
Nashville-based better burger chain Back Yard Burgers is going bigger this year with a thicker and juicer one-third pound, char-grilled Black Angus patty.
read nowNoodles & Co adds asparagus, gluten-free noodle to menu
April 10, 2013
The first signs of spring are budding at Noodles & Company, where three new seasonal items are now on the menu.
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