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7 Game-Changing Trends That Will Define Fast Casual & QSR in 2025

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Kiosks Are Coming for Fast Casual Here’s a stat that might surprise you: 62% of brands are using or rolling out kiosks in 2025. While QSRs lead at 80%, fast casual is catching up quickly. The takeaway: “Kiosks are coming to fast casual. But success requires smart kitchen design and careful attention to guest flow.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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” Creating Multi-Brand Platform of Premium Casual Restaurant Concepts. It started with an overhaul of existing branding, packaging and restaurant design for its national franchise stores and then followed with the recruitment of a seasoned senior leadership team. BurgerFi International Inc. ” Popeyes to Grow in Romania.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Sandwiches Up North and Taco John’s Gets Aggressive

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She has also held leadership roles at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay. ” Mailender added, “On behalf of the entire Checkers & Rally’s family, I would like to thank Rick Silva for his partnership and many years of leadership. They are all in to help us succeed.

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Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, and the Global Pantry Problem

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It stemmed from a recent interview that Roman gave in which she criticized both minimalism icon Marie Kondo and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen for peddling branded merchandise, implying that they were sellouts — while discussing her own “capsule collection” of cooking tools, no less. The only way that changes is representation. “As

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MRM Franchise Feed: Chicken Sale-d Chick and The Dolly Llama and This Is It! to Franchise

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Chicken Salad Chick has 137 locations throughout 16 states predominantly in the Southeast and is a leading fast-casual restaurant company. The fast-casual restaurants also feature homemade pimento cheese and egg salad, as well as fresh sides, soups and desserts. Terms of the deal are confidential. ” German Donor Kebab Growth.

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Safe Distancing Tech and a Farewell to Foam

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The company is exploring collaborations with corporate partners and charities, as well as merchandise sales, to keep its mission alive. "When ” As a Feeding America Leadership partner, the company has ongoing partnerships with a variety of food banks across the country.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Krystal Refranchising and Pieology in China

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Cypress will directly manage and coordinate all discussions and distribution of sale materials with potential buyers while maintaining a close, ongoing interaction with the Krystal leadership team. “We love the fast-casual pizza category and have been keeping a close eye on Blaze Pizza. Pieology Looks to China.

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