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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices. White Buffalo Coffee Bar in Weatherford, Oklahoma. “I would like to congratulate our franchisees, operators and team members on a tremendous quarter,” said Coolgreens CEO Robert Lee.

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A Highly Specific Guide to Barcelona’s Best Tasting Menus

EATER

Instead, they began looking to street stalls, pubs, and casual bistros for culinary inspiration. The mood: A tiny bar is a chill refuge from the busy and tourist-mobbed Boqueria market. But the veggie scene is evolving fast, as evidenced by a growing number of vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly eateries.

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40 Iconic Restaurants That No Longer Exist

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In 1971, the building where fast food was born was demolished and turned into an unofficial museum for the chain by restaurateur Albert Okura. ​1968: Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken ​ Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken was a fast food franchise started in 1966 as a competitor for the nationwide sensation Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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Rush Bowls CEO Talks the Importance of Partnership

Foodable

In 2004 Andrew opened in Boulder’s University Hill District’s first all-natural bowl and smoothie bar. He had created a healthy alternative, a fast-dining restaurant offering meals crafted from fruit, granola and nutritious ingredients. Andrew said, “In a real positive way, our growth has been really from existing franchisees.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

Cheers to 2023: Overall, restaurant and bar guests drank approximately +11 percent more alcohol in Q4 2023 compared to the average for Q1 through Q3 2023. State of Digital Qu announced the results of its fifth annual survey of quick service (QSR) and fast casual (FC) restaurant brands. emerges, top tech investment for 2024.

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Three Reasons The Shake Shack-Grubhub Partnership Fell Short, And What Marketers Can Learn

RGU

And working as a chief marketing officer for a fast-casual burger restaurant, I see three lessons marketers can learn when looking to develop a successful brand partnership. Multiple Partners And Market Saturation Grubhub was one of the first majorly successful food delivery services, founded in 2004.

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5 of the Most Influential US Restaurateurs

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For popularizing casual dining and showing us the possibilities of lettuce. . Brinker invented the salad bar sometime in the 1960s, changing its culinary trajectory into a favored food type. . Brinker also transformed Chili’s Grill and Bar from a Texas hamburger restaurant into the global chain restaurant that we know today. .