Auntie Anne's News & Media
Auntie Anne's partners with Shock Top craft beer
September 4, 2025
Auntie Anne's is partnering with craft beer brand Shock Top on Twisted Pretzel Wheat beer, according to a press release.
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GoTo Foods takes to skies with multi-brand drone delivery in partnership with DoorDash, Wing
by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group
GoTo Foods is partnering with DoorDash and Wing on a multi-brand drone delivery pilot in three Texas markets to explore how the technology can improve…
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GoTo Foods partners with DoorDash for drone delivery service
August 13, 2025
GoTo Foods has partnered with DoorDash to provide drone delivery. The fast-mile delivery service, enabled by Wing, is currently live in three Texas markets…
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Beyond the food court: Auntie Anne's doubles down on non-traditional growth
by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group
Auntie Anne's is expanding its presence beyond mall settings into high-traffic locations like airports, train stations and stadiums, optimizing for convenience…
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Auntie Anne's unveils new store design
June 10, 2025
Auntie Anne's, owned by GoTo Foods, has a new store design with a focus on attracting Gen Z and Millennials, according to a press release.
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Auntie Anne's unveils Pretzelria Delivery Service in select cities
March 10, 2025
Auntie Anne's is debuting its Pretzelria Delivery Service, a white-glove experience designed to bring its pretzels to winners in major pizza cities. Those…
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Restaurant group opens dual-branded Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon unit
February 15, 2023
Focus Brands has opened a street-side dual-brand Auntie Anne's + Cinnabon location in Sacramento, according to a press release.
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Focus Brands announces 3 chief staff leaders
January 19, 2023
Focus Brands has added three senior leaders to its management team, according to a press release.
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Focus Brands brings on restaurant category president, Schlotzsky's chief brand officer
August 26, 2022
Focus Brands, parent company of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky's, has promoted Shelley Harris…
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Auntie Anne's partners with brewery to create beer made from pretzels
August 16, 2022
Auntie Anne's has partnered with Philadelphia-based Evil Genius Beer Company to release a beer made with Auntie Anne's signature pretzels, according to a press…
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Fresh Dining Concepts acquires 73 Auntie Anne's locations
March 2, 2022
Fresh Dining Concepts has completed its sixth acquisition in less than 10 months. The company, a Focus Brands franchisee of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon and…
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Focus Brands to expand non-traditional locations
December 16, 2021
Focus Brands is accelerating its non-traditional unit expansion, according to a press release.
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Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon sign 10-unit co-brand development agreement for NYC
November 5, 2021
Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon are teaming up with franchise group Fresh Dining Concepts to bring 10 co-branded Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon locations to the five…
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Auntie Anne's co-brands with Jamba for pretzel QSR's 1st drive-thru
May 18, 2021
Auntie Anne's will soon be putting pretzels in drivers' hands thanks to the opening of a combined store with sister brand, Jamba, in Wylie, Texas, a Dallas…
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Quelling QSRs' labor pains: Why things must radically change
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In this second of a two-part series on the restaurant industry labor crisis, restaurateurs and industry experts pinpoint the answers all feel are urgently…
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'Movin' on up': The gifts of the 3rd- to 1st-party ordering shift
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
What kind of benefits do brands realize when they shift to or just add first-party ordering?
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Auntie Anne's offering rolls up to more mealtime business
February 3, 2021
Auntie Anne's is aiming squarely at meal-time business with its latest menu addition, Pretzel Rollups, which come with cheddar cheese, bacon or turkey and…
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Focus Brands names former Hilton exec to lead Europe, Middle East, Africa
October 27, 2020
Focus Brands, the parent company of Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon, has named former Hilton Hotels executive, Sean Wooden, as its International's…
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Focus Brands adds 4 execs to leadership team
September 3, 2020
Focus Brands has made four key leadership appointments across its system and at two of its fast casual brands — Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzky's. "As we…
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Auntie Anne's uses auto-ordering recliner to launch mobile-ordering app
August 4, 2020
Auntie Anne's is making it just way too easy for consumers to smother themselves in warm pretzels with its so-called Recline-to-Dine Chair, which it is using…
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