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

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

The fast-food franchisor is asking a federal court to sign off on its decision to terminate Paradigm Investment Group’s franchise agreement. Private-equity firm Savory Fund made a major investment in casual-dining chain Hawkers Asian Street Food. million last year, that’s more than double the next closest chain.

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

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Salad is rising as the next drive-thru concept The fast-casual Greenlane is plotting growth across Florida with investor and NFL star Rob Gronkowski working the drive-thru window. But Tampa-based Greenlane is among a growing number of fast-casual concepts making freshly prepared salads a drive-thru option.

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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Restaurant Business

JUNE 20, 2025

at the Italian casual-dining chain as its investments in affordability and Uber delivery paid off. 20, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Consumers are finding value in casual-dining brands like Olive Garden. Same-store sales at the Italian casual-dining chain spiked 6.9% By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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Week in Review: Fast casual’s good year, Dave's gets sold, El Pollo Loco’s potential buyer and more

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

But it wasn’t quite so bad for fast-casual concepts , which outpaced other categories with 9% growth in 2024, according to Technomic. Fast-casual chicken chains, including Dave’s Hot Chicken, saw double-digit sales growth, while fast-casual pizza continued to falter. By Heather Lalley on Jun.

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

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Huddle House will add drive-thrus as it moves into more urban and suburban markets. | A rendering of Perkins Griddle & Go fast-casual concept. Simultaneously, the company also created a fast-casual version of Perkins called Griddle & Go, another nod to younger, on-the-go customers.

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7-Eleven jumps into the summer value wars

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

The convenience-retailing giant on Wednesday announced a Craveables Value Menu, pitting it in head-to-head competition with fast-food chains also looking to win consumers over with low prices. marketing retail News Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. Sign up here.

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DoorDash acquires tech firm Symbiosys to supercharge its advertising business

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

In addition to delivery, it now offers software such as online ordering and mobile apps, and will soon add reservations and marketing tools with the pending acquisition of SevenRooms. “At News marketing delivery technology Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Bubbakoo's acquired by private-equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners

Restaurant Business

JUNE 18, 2025

The New Jersey-based fast-casual chain has been acquired by private-equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners, the company announced Wednesday. News acquisitions franchising Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts.

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

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

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. Sounds like the hallmarks of any solid fast-food restaurant. By Heather Lalley on Jun.

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Coco Robotics raises $80M to scale up autonomous delivery fleet

Restaurant Business

JUNE 12, 2025

The company plans to expand into more markets and expects to have thousands of bots on the ground by the end of the year, which it says will give it the largest autonomous vehicle fleet in the world. News technology delivery finance Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains.

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Papa Johns, Jack in the Box, Mooyah and more shake up C-suites

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

Formerly with Yum Brands, Davenport worked with Pizza Hut for more than nine years, including as managing director for global franchise markets and managing director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. The eight-unit fast-casual concept Off The Hook Restaurants is beefing up its executive team as it plans growth in Louisiana.

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Michelin-starred chef and owner of Konro arrested on domestic battery charges

Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

News independents chefs Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

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DoorDash wants to be everywhere

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Last month, DoorDash announced plans to acquire reservations and marketing service SevenRooms for $1.2 It will allow DoorDash to help restaurants grow their on-premise business by turning reservations data into targeted marketing opportunities. billion in a deal that officially closed last week.

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BJ's Restaurants promotes President Lyle Tick to CEO

Restaurant Business

JUNE 5, 2025

On Thursday, the casual-dining chain promoted Lyle Tick, its president and chief concept officer, to the top job. News casual_dining Joe Guszkowski is a senior editor with Restaurant Business covering technology and casual-dining chains. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. Sign up here. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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PPP Funding – Ideas for Maximizing Impact

Margin Edge

APRIL 27, 2020

Then we broke the responses out between fast-casual and non-fast casual. It’s no surprise that we saw that a higher percentage of fast casual models were able to keep their model the same or somewhat the same while full-service showed a high percentage of needing to pivot their models completely.

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Restaurant tech giants Crunchtime and QSR Automations are merging

Restaurant Business

JUNE 10, 2025

chains as the restaurant tech market continues to consolidate. chains as the restaurant tech market continues to consolidate. chains as the restaurant tech market continues to consolidate. Louisville-based QSR Automations provides digital kitchen display systems for many large casual-dining brands. Sign up here.

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Restaurant Insiders on 2020 Lessons Learned, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Chris Prociv, VP Marketing & Innovation at La Brea Bakery. They continued to expand their menus to a point where inconsistency became more of the norm from market to market. Growing new markets and adding new franchisees became more important than maintaining the standards that the brand has focused on early on.

2020

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Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse

Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 Sales growth in fine dining and upscale casual also eroded during the week. . Fast casual and casual dining sales remained flat compared to the previous week. . Casual dining is also trending?about

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

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

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Olive Garden sales surge on delivery and free take-home meals

Week in Review: Fast casual’s good year, Dave's gets sold, El Pollo Loco’s potential buyer and more

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

7-Eleven jumps into the summer value wars

DoorDash acquires tech firm Symbiosys to supercharge its advertising business

Bubbakoo's acquired by private-equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners

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

Coco Robotics raises $80M to scale up autonomous delivery fleet

Papa Johns, Jack in the Box, Mooyah and more shake up C-suites

Michelin-starred chef and owner of Konro arrested on domestic battery charges

DoorDash wants to be everywhere

BJ's Restaurants promotes President Lyle Tick to CEO

MRM Research Roundup: End-of-February 2020 Edition

PPP Funding – Ideas for Maximizing Impact

Restaurant tech giants Crunchtime and QSR Automations are merging

Restaurant Insiders on 2020 Lessons Learned, Part Two

Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse

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