Rise Southern Biscuits rolling out menu upgrades

October 25, 2023

North Carolina-based Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken is rolling out menu updates next week featuring sandwiches, breakfast boxes, tater tots and…

Plant Power Fast Food teams with comedian Tim Robinson for LTO

October 19, 2023

Plant Power Fast Food has partnered with Tom Robinson, a Michigan-based writer, actor and comedian, to introduce a vegan take on the beloved cult favorite, the…

Just Salad hitting 'Sesame Street'

October 19, 2023

Just Salad, a fast casual brand focused on health and sustainability, has launched its first Kids Menu and in collaboration with Sesame Workshop, a global…

California Tortilla launches Grill Melts

October 16, 2023

California Tortilla, a fast casual that serves California-style Mexican food and is known to fans as Cal Tort, has launched Grill Melts, portable handheld…

MOD Pizza adds Pocket Pie to permanent menu

September 19, 2023

MOD Pizza has added its folded Pocket Pie to its permanent menu. The Pocket Pie was introduced on March 14, known as Pi Day, and come in three varieties…

Pumpkin dessert cake returns at MOD Pizza

September 18, 2023

Fast casual pizza brand MOD Pizza has brought back its Pumpkin Spice No Name Cake for a limited time. The seasonal sweet is a pumpkin cake with a fluffy spiced…

Planet Smoothie debuts fall LTOs

September 12, 2023

Planet Smoothie is jazzing up its menu with new flavors of bowls — the Berry Brazilian, the PB & the Bee, the Dark &Dreamy — and available for a…

Your Pie Pizza releases fall LTOs

September 8, 2023

Your Pie Pizza has released the Philly Cheese Steak Craft Series, as well as two seasonal gelatos, according to a press release.

Wahlburgers, Sugarlands rolling out moonshine-infused BBQ sliders

September 5, 2023

Sugarlands Distilling Co., a craft distillery, and Wahlburgers, a burger restaurant and bar founded by Paul Wahlberg alongside his brothers Donnie and Mark…

MOD Pizza offers cheese pizza deal

September 5, 2023

MOD Pizza is offering its popular all-cheese Maddy Pizza for $7 today, according to a press release.

FastCasual accepting nominations for 2024 Brands to Watch

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

August 28, 2023

Just a few months ago, we celebrated the annual 2023 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers, which recognizes the industry's most innovative companies…

Hat Creek Burger selling beef only from Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan's company

August 24, 2023

Hat Creek Burger Co, an Austin-based restaurant with 26 locations, is now selling beef only from Goodstock by Nolan Ryan, a division of Nolan Ryan Brands…

FAT Brands rolls out cookie menu to burger concepts

August 8, 2023

FAT Brands Inc., the parent company of Fatburger, Johnny Rockets and 15 other restaurant concepts, is now serving cookies from its sister brand, Great American…

Shake Shack rolls out picnic kits

July 25, 2023

Shake Shack is closing out National Picnic Month (July) with an experience to bring guests back to its Madison Square Park roots. The brand, which opened its…

Chipotle posts at-home ice cream recipe on TikTok

July 17, 2023

Chipotle's culinary innovation team has crafted the Sour CREAMi Ice Cream. Inspired by the viral Ninja CREAMi featured on TikTok, Chipotle released an elevated…

Your Pie to hand out free gelato scoops on National Ice Cream Day

July 11, 2023

Your Pie is offering guests a free scoop of gelato on National Ice Cream Day, July 16, according to a press release.

Pickleman's leans into antibiotic-free pork

July 6, 2023

Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe has added Open Prairie No Antibiotics Ever pulled pork to its menu in six menu items, including the Cuban, BBQ Pork and Smokehouse…

MOD Pizza, Dole partner for National Pineapple Day

June 26, 2023

MOD Pizza and Dole Packaged Foods are teaming up for National Pineapple Day on June 27. On that day, all MOD-sized pizzas with pineapple as a topping is $5…

Paris Baguette teams up with 'Queen of Cakes' on LTOs

June 22, 2023

Paris Baguette and Lavazza, an Italian coffee company, have partnered with Yolanda Gampp, the "Queen of Cakes," judge on FOX's "Crime Scene Kitchen" and…

Piada launches 'Stickscription'

June 20, 2023

Piada Italian Street Food, based in Ohio, has launched Stickscription, a monthly subscription ($6.99) service that allows customers to get a free Piada stick…