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Edible's FruitFlowers: Have your flowers, eat them, too
August 26, 2020
Edible is adding flowers to the mix. The fresh fruit QSR and gifting franchisors aid this week that it was expanding into the floral space with a nationwide…
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Carl's Jr uses wine pairing to launch steak-burger
August 25, 2020
A good steak calls for good wine, ergo a good steakburger calls for a fine wine, too, right? Carl's Jr. won't argue, considering it has partnered with Nocking…
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Would you drink doughnut-infused beer? Dunkin' thinks so
Dunkin' has really "gone and done it" this time.
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KFC suspends 'finger-lickin'' catchphrase globally
August 25, 2020
KFC has suspended the use of its familiar catchphrase, "It's finger-lickin' good" globally now, five months after it stopped using the wording in its ads in…
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McDonald's spicy chicken is 1st new McNugget flavor in 37 years
August 25, 2020
Hot and spicy chicken continues to blaze through the quick-service category, even sweeping up McDonald's, which is launching Spicy Chicken McNuggets Sept. 16 …
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It takes more than a pandemic to freeze Kona Ice out of summer action
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Kona Ice has always leaned heavily on summer festivals for a large chunk of annual sales, but as the pandemic turned those events from actual to virtual, the…
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Golden Chick expanding Louisiana footprint
August 24, 2020
Golden Chick said tenured franchisee, Shay Ghafoor, will expand the brand in Louisiana after signing a five-unit deal for the state. In May, Ghafoor opened the…
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Yum China opens Taco Bell in Beijing
August 21, 2020
Yum China Holdings Inc. has opened its first Taco Bell location in Beijing. The location will feature some Chinese exclusives such as the rice bowl, seasoned…
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Dunkin' device helps customers 'get a grip'
August 21, 2020
Dunkin' is giving its customers a way to get a grip during the challenges of this pandemic, thanks to its partnership with PopSockets, which makes knobby…
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Optimize Technology to Deliver Better Customer Loyalty & Engagement
When it comes to driving loyalty and increasing profitability through customer relationships, here are four technology-driven tactics imperative to a…
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Taco Bell going all in on drive-thru
August 20, 2020
Taco Bell is throwing the whole burrito in on the bet that American diners won't be dining in any time soon, which is why it's creating a new operations model…
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Del Taco adds store in Georgia
August 20, 2020
Two months after Jetz Foods LLC opened its third Del Taco in Dalton Georgia, the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based firm added a fourth unit on Battlefield Parkway…
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Lab-grown meat facing hurdles on race to the bun
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
What obstacles stand in the way of everyday quick-service use of lab-grown meat, and how can the industry successfully cross them?
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US Foods debut ghost kitchens to help food operators drive revenue, expand with ease
August 19, 2020
US Foods is launching a ghost kitchen program in a quest to help restaurant operators expand off-premise dining and create a new revenue stream at the same…
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The First Voice-Activated Analytics App For Enterprise Operators
Qu recently released the industry’s first voice-activated mobile reporting app, Notify™.
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Krispy Kreme vending machine to serve doughnuts
August 19, 2020
Krispy Kreme will introduce a doughnut vending machine at a shop adjacent to Krispy Kreme's Global Project & Innovation Center in Charlotte, North…
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August 19, 2020
La Granja, a QSR specializing in Peruvian food, is up to more than 50 stores in the state of Florida, and the company said in a news release that sales were…
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Russo's signs 5-store franchise deal for Houston
August 19, 2020
Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen will work with franchisees, Randall and Ayesha McCoy, to open five "smaller-footprint locations" in the greater…
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Jollibee's opens 45th US store in Dallas area
August 19, 2020
As part of its initiative to grow nationwide this year, Philippine-based fried chicken chain, Jollibee, will open its first Greater Dallas store Thursday, Aug.
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