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Starbucks expanding Community Store in South Korea come 2020
October 11, 2019
Starbucks Korea is expanding its profit-sharing Community Store program and plans to open the first of several locations in early 2020.
read nowImmigrant Food opening near White House in November
October 4, 2019
Immigrant Food — a fast casual brand with a cause of offering workspace for immigrant-focused non-profit groups — will open this November a block from the…
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B.Good is still 'flexing' new menu options
September 30, 2019
B.Good has added four plant-based burgers to the menu to help meet the needs of its flexitarian customers demanding meat alternatives, according to a company…
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Uber Eats to screen for food allergies, end automatic utensils and straws
September 27, 2019
Uber Eats is launching an initiative to make the food delivery business healthier and more sustainable, announcing that it will add allergy-friendly filters to…
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Mod Pizza launches inclusiveness campaign for disabled
September 26, 2019
Mod Pizza said this week that it's partnered with Best Buddies International — which works for inclusiveness for those with intellectual and other disabilities…
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Noodles & Co. teams with Even.com on financial wellness benefits
September 16, 2019
Noodles & Co., a Colorado-based chain of more than 450 restaurants, announced an agreement with Even.com, to provide a suite of financial wellness tools…
read nowTocaya Organica launches charitable arm
August 20, 2019
Southern-California's Tocaya Organica has launched a charitable arm dedicated to social and environmental causes. The Tocaya Life Foundation will take on…
read nowTijuana Flats aims to help Florida families eliminate $1M in medical debt
August 13, 2019
Tex-Mex fast casual Tijuana Flats is eliminating more than $1 million in medical debt for more than 1,000 residents and families in the Greater Orlando area.
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Tacos4Life co-founder on doing good by doing great QSR business
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
With fewer than 20 stores in four U.S. states, the 5-year-old Tacos4Life brand is still at the beginning of its restaurant journey. That does not mean…
listen nowiQ teams up with The New Farm for unique greens
June 28, 2019
Canada-based fast casual, iQ, is partnering with The New Farm, an Ontario organic farm, to use The New Farm's regenerative greens at iQ locations. The greens…
read nowBlaze rebrands pizzas in June to support (RED)
June 6, 2019
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is working this month with the AIDS-fighting (RED) on the "Eat (RED) Save Lives campaigns and has rebranded its Red Vine pizza as the…
read nowStarbucks launches sign language friendly store in China
May 21, 2019
Starbucks Corp. has opened its first signing store in China, which marks its third in the world.
read nowStarbucks kicks off UK recycling program with $1.3M fund
April 12, 2019
Starbucks has launched a $1.3 million fund for paper coffee cup recycling programs throughout the U.K. in partnership with Hubbub, an environmental charity.
read nowJersey Mike's raises record $7.3M for charities across country
April 5, 2019
Jersey Mike’s Subs said it raised a company record of $7.3 million to help charities around the country during the March Month of Giving, raising more than $…
read nowHealth Care Services, BCBS Institute launch healthy meal delivery pilot
February 11, 2019
Health Care Services Corp. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute are launching a six-month pilot program, called foodQ, for healthy meal delivery to food…
read nowSan Francisco's Philz Coffee selling Givn Water in stores
January 28, 2019
Philz Coffee, based in San Francisco, has partnered with Givn, a company that bottles spring water and provides one day of clean water to people in need for…
read nowPotbelly to furloughed Federal workers: 'We'll get through this together'
January 21, 2019
Chicago-based Potbelly Sandwich Shop will offer BOGO sandwiches to government workers Wednesday through Sunday, according to a company press release. Customers…
read nowStarbucks Indonesia opens coffee sanctuary
January 15, 2019
Thanks to a partnership with PT Sari Coffee Indonesia, Indonesia is now home to Starbucks' largest coffee destination in Southeast Asia — the Starbucks Dewata…
read nowChipotle gifts $380K for California wildfire recovery effort
December 6, 2018
Chipotle Mexican Grill is donating $380,000 to the United Way's California wildfire recovery effort.
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