Yogurtland opens 150th store

August 14, 2011

Five years after being founded and two years after adding a franchising component, Yogurtland has opened its 150th store in Bakersfield, Calif.

Beautiful Brands International opens tri-branded restaurant

August 14, 2011

Beautiful Brands International opened its first tri-branded store today. Located in Durant, Okla., it features Rex's Chicken, FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt and…

Top That! Pizza breaks ground on third location

August 11, 2011

Top That! Pizza has announced the groundbreaking of its third location at the Tulsa Hills Shopping Center in Oklahoma. The new store will be operated by…

Technomic: Chains continue to grow through franchising

August 10, 2011

As the economy keeps moving at a slow pace, restaurant brands continue to tap into franchising as an avenue for growth.

Nestlé Toll House Café opens in Kuwait

August 9, 2011

Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip recently opened its first bakery/dessert bar in Kuwait. The new location is in Abu Al Hasaniya's The Village and is operated by…

Krispy Kreme expands WiFi locations

August 9, 2011

Krispy Kreme stores in Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wisconsin, operated by Las Vegas-based franchisee Westward Dough Operating Company LLC, have added…

Krispy Kreme FUNdraising efforts hit Philly

August 8, 2011

Krispy Kreme Philadelphia is hosting a contest to give away more than 150 dozen doughnuts to selected community groups. The winning organizations will generate…

NPD: U.S. restaurant counts declined 2%

August 8, 2011

U.S. restaurant unit counts declined by 2 percent, for a loss of 9,450 restaurants, based on the most recent restaurant census conducted by The NPD Group.

Gold Star Chili opens University of Kentucky location

August 7, 2011

Cincinnati-based Gold Star Chili is opening its newest store location on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington on Aug. 9.

Tasti D-Lite eyes Australian expansion

August 4, 2011

New York-based Tasti D-Lite is set to open its first unit in Australia by month's end. The unit will be located in Melbourne.

Krispy Kreme UK co-branding efforts pick up

August 4, 2011

Krispy Kreme is hoping to double the size of its footprint in the United Kingdom market and has added co-branding opportunities and an experiential campaign to…

Dunkin’ Donuts plans to expand in San Antonio market

August 4, 2011

As part of its aggressive expansion plans, Dunkin' Donuts is seeking to grow its presence in the San Antonio market. The company will host a seminar Aug. 16 to…

Dunkin’ Brands reports Q2 earnings; launches K-cups

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Dunkin' Donuts' beats coffee rival Starbucks in nationwide rollout of K-Cups.

Wendy’s franchisee deploys SonicWALL network security

August 2, 2011

Wendy's franchisee DavCo Restaurants Inc. has deployed SonicWALL Inc.'s Network Security Appliance (NSA) 4500 firewalls, a Secure Remote Access (SRA) 420…

El Pollo Loco franchisee puts 9 SoCal units up for sale

August 2, 2011

The estates of Pollo West Corp. and Mi Pollo Inc., owners and operators of 13 El Pollo Loco restaurants, have put nine units up for sale.

Dairy Queen signs expansion deal in Guatemala

August 2, 2011

Dairy Queen has signed an agreement with franchisee Grupo Buen Rollo to open 15 locations throughout Guatemala by 2015.

Edible Arrangements signs master franchise agreement in China

August 1, 2011

Edible Arrangements has signed a master franchisee agreement with brothers Jianyi "Jack" Wang and Zhigang Liu for the development of stores throughout China.

Technomic: Multiunit concept owners have best of both worlds

August 1, 2011

Multiconcept operators, those companies that own and operate at least three unique restaurant concepts with annual sales of $10 million or more, find…

Jersey Mike’s signs multi-unit development agreement

July 31, 2011

Jersey Mike's Subs has signed multi-unit development agreements with restaurant industry veterans Steve Rosenfield and Linda Nash Rosenfield, who currently own…

Who will be 'the Chipotle' of the pizza industry?

An inside look behind a growing trend in the pizza industry.