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'Littler' Little Caesars opens in North Carolina
August 17, 2016
Little Caesars has partnered with Campbell Oil Company to open the nation's first Little Caesars Express site earlier this summer at in a convenience store…
read nowKrispy Kreme blows back into the Windy City
August 17, 2016
After seven years away, Krispy Kreme is returning to the Chicago area this November. The first of eight planned stores will be located on South Halsted Street…
read nowFree webinar: How to Create Loyal Guest Behavior
August 16, 2016
Restaurant chains across the country are continuing to build and execute loyalty programs that provide immediate and sustainable results.
read nowStudy probes generation gap at the dinner table
August 16, 2016
At a time when younger generations have no idea how a manual typewriter or rotary dial phone works, it's not surprising that there are big generational…
read now'Bam!' Emeril gets into 'shoe biz'
August 16, 2016
There's nothing funny about slipping in the kitchen, but the thought of Chef Emiril Lagasse — known for his trademark expression, "Bam!" — is going from show…
read nowStellar Loyalty, Splick.it/Onosys unveil collaboration
August 16, 2016
Stellar Loyalty and Splick-it/Onosys have announced a partnership to provide a pre-integrated solution for a next generation restaurant experience.
read nowTaco John's promotes veteran team player to president's post
August 15, 2016
Taco John's International has named its CFO, Jim Creel, as it's new president, according to a company press release.
read nowWendy's offers 50-cent Frosty and a chance at live baseball
August 15, 2016
Wendy's is taking advantage of the fact that bathing suit season is nearly over and the sweltering dog days of summer are upon us, with a limited time offer…
read nowDomino's delivers ... salads
August 15, 2016
When everybody else wants pizza, there's always one sanctimonious hold-out who must have a salad instead. That fact is key in Domino's reasoning for bringing…
read nowTaco John's and Love's Travel Stops partner on new location
August 11, 2016
Love's Travel Stops opened its first unit featuring a Taco John's in Liberal, Kansas, according to a press release.
read nowDunkin’ Donuts announces 9 new locations
August 11, 2016
Dunkin’ Donuts has signed agreements with two existing franchise groups in a quest to expand to nine new locations and one multi-brand unit with Baskin-Robbins…
read nowAuntie Anne’s fights cancer on National Lemonade Day
August 10, 2016
Auntie Anne’s pretzel franchise is celebrating National Lemonade Day August 20 with plans to donate portions of every sale of lemonade to Alex’s Lemonade Stand…
read nowWendy's Q2 results equal 14th consecutive quarter of same-store sales growth
August 10, 2016
Wendy's second-quarter financials for the period ending July 3, are in and show continued positive growth for the chain although not as much as leadership said…
read nowQdoba debuts smoky menu item
August 9, 2016
Qdoba is now making smoked brisket available for customers to add to any of the chain's customizable menu offerings. In fact, Qdoba's new Outlaw Knockout…
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Focus Brands and its 5,000 locations commit to all cage-free eggs in 10 years
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
August 9, 2016
More than 5,000 ice cream shops, restaurants and bakeries operated by Focus Brands committed today to transition to cage-free eggs over the next 10 years…
read nowDomino’s fires up store No. 13,000
August 9, 2016
Domino’s Pizza is celebrating the grand opening of its 13,000th store, this one located in Auburn, Washington and owned by franchisees Greg and Kenra Keller.
read nowNation's biggest Burger King franchisee reports sizzling Q2 results
August 9, 2016
The nation's largest Burger King franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, today reported its second quarter financial results and the news is good.
read nowBojangles' reports 25th consecutive quarter of sales growth
August 9, 2016
Bojangles' announced its second-quarter earnings this week, which continue the chain's record of system-wide comparable restaurant sales growth to 2…
read nowCan coasters address consumer disengagement in restaurants?
August 5, 2016
In hopes of counteracting phone distractions in restaurants, Heckler Design has created coasters made to hold customer phones, according to a company press…
read nowA good summer for McDonald's and Chipotle, not so good for Arby's and KFC
August 5, 2016
McDonald's is clearly winning the traffic game this summer, while Chipotle is showing signs of a healthy rebound from its E.coli-based fall from grace…
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