Saladworks hits 100 units

January 15, 2020

Saladworks, a Philadelphia-based concept, rang in the new year by opening its 100th restaurant. Located in Maryland, the restaurant opened Jan. 6 at 460…

Huey Magoo's joins the hundo club

January 15, 2020

Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders started the new year off by signing its 100th franchise agreement. After celebrating the grand opening of three  restaurants…

Curry Up Now opening in Southern California

January 15, 2020

Curry Up Now is opening its first Southern California restaurant Jan. 29  in Irvine at 922 Spectrum Center Dr.  The restaurant, which is known for its Tikka…

Australian-based Mexican fast casual making US debut

Australia-based Guzman y Gomez is coming to America.

Chicken Salad Chick expanding in Texas

January 14, 2020

Chicken Salad Chick is adding a location in Fort Worth, Texas' Ridglea Village. Following the brand's debut in Arlington last month, this unit marks…

Coolgreens promotes VP to president, COO

January 14, 2020

Coolgreens has promoted Todd Madlener from vice president of operations to president and chief operating officer.

Fazoli's expanding Kentucky footprint

January 14, 2020

Fazoli's, based in Lexington, Kentucky, is growing in its homestate with a restaurant set to open this summer in Pikeville, according to a press release.

Dat Dog CEO explains brand's 3 stages of menu development

Editor's note: A View From the Top is a series featuring first-person accounts from some of the fast casual industry's most innovative leaders. If you are…

Taco Cabana closing 19 Texas units

January 13, 2020

Taco Cabana is closing 19 units in Texas, according to a press release from Fiesta Restaurant Group, the chain's parent company, which also owns Pollo Tropical.

Tropical Smoothie reports record-breaking growth

January 13, 2020

Tropical Smoothie Cafe this week reported its eighth consecutive year of same-store sales growth and that it had opened 124 cafes and signed 213 franchise…

Former Cousins Subs employees now franchisees

January 13, 2020

Justin and Laura McGraw, both former Cousins Subs employees, are now franchisees for the brand after opening a Cousins Subs store in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

RFIS 2020 Sponsor Preview: Heifer International

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

A staggering 821 million people go to bed hungry every night, a stat that Heifer International wants to change.

Dickey's entering Republic of Georgia

January 10, 2020

Dickey's Barbecue Pit is expanding to the Republic of Georgia with the location set to open soon in the country's capital, Tbilisi. Tibua Shalva, owner of the…

How Dog Haus' menu innovation, tech-centric approach is doubling growth

January 10, 2020

Dog Haus, based in Pasadena, is hoping to propel its 9.1% growth in 2019 same-store sales growth into an even stronger 2020. 

Florida's Island Fin Poke coming to Maryland

January 9, 2020

Poke was a meal not well-known outside of Hawaii until a few years ago, but today there are nearly 2,000 poke restaurants outside of Hawaii, with much of that…

Friendship Cafe opening in Florida to employ adults with special needs

January 9, 2020

The Friendship Circle Fort Lauderdale is opening The Friendship Cafe, a Mediterranean fast casual restaurant that trains and employs adults with autism, down…

Kura Sushi loss widens, but company bullish on 2020 expansion plans

January 8, 2020

Kura Sushi USA Inc., the technology-oriented Japanese restaurant concept, reported a wider $1.4 million operating loss in the fiscal first quarter, however…

Dog Haus debuting new look in Wyoming

January 8, 2020

Dog Haus is opening its first Wyoming location in Cheyenne in early 2020, and it will be the first unit to sport the chain's new look. The 3,314-square-foot…

Farmer Boys nabs Del Taco exec

January 8, 2020

Farmer Boys has hired Dave Wetzel as SVP of operations to oversee company and franchise restaurant operations, according to a company press release.

Local Foods opening in Austin

January 8, 2020

Local Foods, part of a Texas restaurant group with five locations in Houston owned by Benjy Levit and partner/culinary director Dylan Murray, has partnered…