April 9, 2006
Washington Post: The Washington D.C. lunch crowd is patronizing fast-casual concepts more frequently than other concepts. They're eating at Cosi, Potbelly…
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DALLAS — Wingstop benefited from the Super Bowl and March Madness for a positive first quarter ended April 1. According to a news release, comparable-store…
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CHICAGO —The latest Trend Tracker report, a companion to the online, searchable Menu Monitor service offered by Technomic Information Services, offers a new…
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ST. LOUIS — Panera Bread Company reported that revenue for the first-quarter ended March 28 increased 35 percent to $194 million from $144 million in the…
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Raving Brands partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as the organization's largest single contributor with a $2 million…
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Houston Business Journal: A group of investors including Don Sanders, founder and chairman of Sanders Morris Harris, Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan and seven-time…
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DENVER — Boston Market wants to see what people would do with their extra time. The Web site MyExtraHour.com is an interactive site designed to invite…
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Restaurant Holdings Inc., formerly Passport Restaurants Inc., acquired the emerging fast-casual chain, New York NY Fresh Deli, as listed on…
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WASHINGTON D.C. — The outlook for the restaurant industry remained solid in February, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of…
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Yesterday's luxury is today's expectation. Today's business traveler is all about the mobile office, and fast-casual restaurants are offering modern amenities…
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BRADENTON, Fla. — First Watch Restaurants Inc. entered the southeast Florida market with its new Plantation location March 27. First Watch serves…
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ATLANTA — To celebrate its 42nd anniversary, BLIMPIE is featuring "Hot Classic" subs for April. According to a news release, the Hot Classics line-up…
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Bahama Breeze treats Generation Y workers. This year, Bahama Breeze restaurants sent top employees from each of its 32 restaurants to Puerto Rico as a reward…
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Mike Nissenbaum is the new vice president of company operations for Firehouse Subs. Nissenbaum works out of the company's corporate…
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GOLDEN, Colo. — Just in time for spring, the menu at Einstein Bros. Bagels is blossoming with new flavor combinations and meal choices that'll make the warming…
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Jersey Mike's Subs has announced the planned installation of InfoPOS software in all 340 of its U.S. stores. According to InfoSoft Technologies officials…
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DENVER — Quiznos Master LLC, the operator or franchisor of more than 4,500 Quiznos Sub locations worldwide, said Monday that J.P. Morgan Partners LLC would…
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Wall Street Journal included Panera Bread to its 2006 'Shareholder Scoreboard.' Across the 1,000 largest companies evaluated, Panera was…
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Cosi Inc. reported Wednesday evening a fourth-quarter net loss of $6.04 million compared with a net loss of $6.58 million during the same…
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The Detroit News: For the past year, select Mr. Pita locations have sold their wares to Metro Detroit offices, businesses and factories from the Pita Wagon, a…
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