Burger 21 gears up for Orlando, Fla., expansion

November 6, 2011

Burger 21, a new fast casual concept founded by the owners of The Melting Pot Restaurants Inc., has announced that Orlando, Fla., is the first priority growth…

BBI's CherryBerry signs 40-unit deal

November 2, 2011

Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has named Chris and Dennis Holland as their newest lead development agents for CherryBerry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar in…

Energy Kitchen receives growth boost

November 2, 2011

New York-based Energy Kitchen, financially backed and strategically led by Mike Repole, co-founder of Vitaminwater and major stakeholder of Pirate’s Booty…

Fazoli's inks 7-unit development deal

November 1, 2011

Fazoli’s has announced commitments for seven new restaurants to be opened in the areas of West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana through the signing of the three new…

Pizza Inn increases credit facility to grow Pie Five concept

November 1, 2011

Pizza Inn Holdings Inc. has added an amendment and restatement of its term loan credit facility with Amegy Bank to expand the term facility by $4.0 million…

Beautiful Brands' Q3 marks record growth

November 1, 2011

Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has reported record net sales and store openings of its franchised brands for the first three quarters of 2011. BBI also…

GE Capital, Franchise Finance provides $25 million to Raising Cane's

October 31, 2011

GE Capital, Franchise Finance recently provided Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers a $25 million revolving line of credit, refinancing the company’s existing…

Buffalo Wild Wings celebrates 800-store milestone

October 30, 2011

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. has announced the opening of its 800th restaurant nationwide with the simultaneous openings of restaurants in Florida, Tennessee…

Saladworks signs 3-store deal in Chicago

October 27, 2011

Saladworks has signed a three-store agreement in the Chicago metropolitan area under the direction of Franchisee David Wojcik of Spring Grove, Ill.

Newk's enters Arkansas market

October 27, 2011

Newk's Express Café will open its 40th restaurant Oct. 31 at 1412 Higdon Ferry Road in Hot Springs, Ark.

MOOYAH expands into Virginia

October 27, 2011

Brothers Gurpreet "P2" Sandhu and Gurbhagat "Gulu" are working together to open Virginia's first MOOYAH.

Noodles & Co growing in Virginia

October 26, 2011

Noodles & Company is opening its first restaurant in Herndon, Va., on Halloween. The new restaurant will be located at 2405 Centerville Rd., in the Village…

Yogurt Mountain conquering S.C.

October 26, 2011

Yogurt Mountain has opened a new store in Spartanburg, S.C., making it the fifth location in the state and the 39th store overall.

Starbucks celebrates 500th Chinese store

October 25, 2011

Starbucks Coffee Company today celebrated the opening of its 500th store in China at the international departure hall of the Beijing Capital International…

Spicy Pickle plants flag in Canada

October 25, 2011

Spicy Pickle Franchising Inc. has entered into a franchise agreement for the development of the first Spicy Pickle restaurant in Canada. The restaurant, which…

Hot Head headed for Toledo

October 24, 2011

Hot Head Burritos Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based fast casual concept that offers burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salads and nachos, is negotiating for sites in the…

Gatti's debuts fast casual concept

Gatti's Pizza has unveiled its new fast casual concept, Gatti's. The first unit opens today in Austin, Texas, with six more in the pipeline for the…

Buffalo Wild Wings Q3 net earnings up big

October 23, 2011

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 25, 2011. Highlights for the third quarter versus the same period a year…

Sodexo opens first Star Ginger food truck

October 19, 2011

Sodexo Inc., along with celebrity chef Mai Pham, opened its first Star Ginger Asian Grill & Noodle Bar in the form of a food truck on the campus of…

Top That! opens 1st franchised unit

October 18, 2011

Tulsa, Okla., is home to Top That! Pizza's first franchise unit; four more are under construction and dozens are in the pipeline, according to Lori Walderich…