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Week in Review: Din Tai Fung’s jaw-dropping AUVs, Krispy Kreme exits Insomnia, Starbucks operations

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Giving store managers ownership over testing early-stage ideas and sharing the results systemwide. Consumers still want great in-store experiences, even if they don’t always use them. The fast-food franchisor is asking a federal court to sign off on its decision to terminate Paradigm Investment Group’s franchise agreement.

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C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. And fast-food customers

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Continue to Site >>> Menu C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Not quite yet An easy way to bring bold Korean flavors to modern menus From BBQ to beverages, menus are seeing a lot of action Food C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. Increasingly, however, they are becoming the hallmarks of convenience-store foodservice programs.

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DoorDash completes acquisition of reservations platform SevenRooms

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DoorDash has said that adding SevenRooms will allow restaurants to grow their in-store business through reservations and personalized marketing tools. It will become part of DoorDash’s Commerce Platform, which offers things like websites and online ordering that are aimed at boosting restaurants’ first-party digital sales.

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Forget coffee. Salad is rising as the next drive-thru concept

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Sweetgreen tested a drive-thru in Schaumburg, Illinois, and found that unit had a 20% increase in same-store sales. Salad is rising as the next drive-thru concept Technology Tech supplier SpotOn launches a mobile app to compete with aggregators Food C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics.

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7-Eleven jumps into the summer value wars

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The c-store chain is also selling any variety of Red Bull for three for $8, for a limited time. With more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven also operates and franchises Speedway and Stripes stores, as well as Laredo Taco Company and Raise the Roost Chicken and Biscuits restaurants.

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Perkins and Huddle House aim for revivals with boba, smash burgers and drive-thrus

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Systemwide sales fell 5.3% We wanted to really speak in a variety of ways to those younger customers … while also reassuring current customers that it’s the same great brand you’ve always known and loved,” O’Reilly said. Total sales among Top 500 family-dining chains were flat, according to Technomic, lower than the overall industry.

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DoorDash acquires tech firm Symbiosys to supercharge its advertising business

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He said this means that restaurants will have to spend less on ads to get the same amount of volume. And they drive more sales by offering customers more affordable options. For restaurants, buying ads is a way to grow sales and stand out on crowded delivery marketplaces. Have consumers moved on?