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Italian ice, ice cream chain on target for 100 locations in 2 years
January 3, 2020
Leaders of a 23-year-old Florida-based Italian ice and soft ice cream chain said their Jeremiah's Italian Ice brand is on track to have 100 stores open in two…
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Subway, Church's put value, portability first in new year offerings
January 3, 2020
With diners nationwide facing empty wallet syndrome after the holidays, many QSRs are starting the new year with value LTOs, beginning with Subway's Fresh…
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A&W's 2019 Disabled American Veterans campaign a record-breaker
January 2, 2020
A&W said today that its campaign to benefit Disabled American Veterans (DAV) took in a recordbreaking amount in 2019 of nearly $175,000. The money was…
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Blendid installs its second robotic smoothie kiosk
December 31, 2019
Robotic self-serve smoothie kiosk-maker, Blendid, has installed its second location, this one at Sonoma State University's Charlie Brown Café earlier this…
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Jan. 14 webinar gives even smallest brands mega-marketing powers
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
December 31, 2019
Want to put your brand on the lists of hot dining spots without substantial outlays of cash? Plan to attend this upcoming webinar.
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McDonald's workers act fast to save woman from potential violence
December 30, 2019
A group of California McDonald's employees was responsible for saving a women from potential harm after she mouth the words "help me" Dec. 24 to a drive-thru…
read nowFDA warns restaurants about using bulk-purchased hard-cooked eggs
December 27, 2019
The hard-boiled egg recall that started on Dec. 23 is expanding to include all of Almark Foods' hard-boiled eggs processed at its Gainesville, Georgia…
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Top Chinese QSR sued for $30M for allegedly illegally using Bruce Lee's image
December 26, 2019
The daughter of famed martial arts star and actor Bruce Lee is suing a Chinese fast-food chain for $30 million in damages for allegedly using an image of her…
read nowReal-time restaurant course correction big benefit of integrated POS/ops management system
December 26, 2019
Appetize and Restaurant365 have partnered to provide a merged cloud-based POS and operations management platform to restaurant brands that allows operators to…
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Where plants are leading restaurants in next decade
December 23, 2019
It's been a very good year to be a plant, especially if you're one of those used to concoct one of the variety of plant-based burgers out there, according to a…
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December 23, 2019
Cali Group's PopID has launched its facial recognition platform in self-ordering kiosks at Dairi-O, allowing the chain's customers to pull up their favorite…
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Wendy's awards Advantech supply chain excellence honor
December 20, 2019
Wendy's has named intelligent systems provider, Advantech Co. Ltd. as the winner of the Golden Link Award for Supply Chain Excellence as an honor of a…
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Kat Cole keynoting 2020 Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit
December 19, 2019
Kat Cole, COO and president, North America of FOCUS Brands — parent company of Jamba, Carvel, Cinnabon, Schlotzsky's, Moe's Southwest Grill, Auntie Anne's, and…
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A&W promotions beef up leadership, franchising support
December 19, 2019
A&W Restaurants is growing its leadership team and support center on the heels of what the brand said is it's eighth consecutive year of systemwide sales…
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Hardee's, Carl's Jr. go beyond 1 daypart with Beyond Meat
December 18, 2019
Hardee's and Carl's Jr. parent company, CKE Restaurants is expanding its partnership with Beyond Meat to include new all-day plant-based options nationally at…
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McDonald's to launch global payments deal with Adyen starting in UK
December 18, 2019
Adyen, an international payments platform based in Amsterdam, announced a deal to roll out a global payments system for McDonald's, the iconic home of the Big…
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Burger King makes holiday flight delays 'Impossible' ... kinda
December 18, 2019
Burger King is turning the inevitable into the "Impossible" this holiday travel season, when its Delay Your Way promises to give flight-delayed travelers free…
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Bojangles' expands to 4 new states with 40 Love's-based units
December 18, 2019
Bojangles' signed a major national franchise agreement that will put 40 new units of the brand in four new states inside Love's Travel Stops, according to a…
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Fish from fish cells en route to a QSR near you
December 17, 2019
Soon, QSRs that serve fried fish sandwiches, fish tacos or even sushi may get their fish fresh from the lab rather than the sea thanks to the recent…
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Restaurant gift cards are all the rage this season
December 17, 2019
Restaurant gift cards are in high demand, according to research from the National Restaurant Association, which found that 72% of people wanted one this…
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