The Restaurant Times

JULY 6, 2023

Having grown up in the restaurant industry in and around NYC, David’s entrepreneurial career began as a large multi-unit franchisee and serving as the SVP of Brand Expansion for Quiznos, growing it from a small regional brand of 18 restaurants to opening over 5,000 locations in 28 countries. Magazine’s annual Inc.

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Future Food

JUNE 27, 2023

Driving in-office participation is now an all too familiar topic that many property managers and asset owners must address following a wave of commentary in the media, architectural journals and thought-leadership papers across the property sector. Offices and commercial buildings have diverse populations with varying schedules and needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Through all the adversity the pandemic served up, Dan and his team took tremendous care of our teammates and guests and drove astoundingly strong performance. “I wanted to do something that allowed me to continue to serve but on my own terms”, said Charles Rankin, a co-creator of FFH, Veteran and Former FBI special agent.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Service Style : Explain how you will serve customers. Will your restaurant be fast casual or sit down? Can customers use a self-serving kiosk or order from their phone? What type of pizzas will you serve? Team and Management: Introduce your team, and share a brief bio about each member of your leadership team.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq. Increasing Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership. ” To learn more about the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program, visit MFHA.net.

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Qu

APRIL 24, 2023

Implementing more nimble, digital-forward technology is no longer “nice to have” for quick serve and fast-casual restaurants. They have to take fast action, former Hart House CTO Justin Keenen told us, and be willing to fail forward fast. Turns out, they’re saying a lot of the same stuff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. Hartman is a veteran, having served as a U.S. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

” Following his transitional leadership role at SALIDO and NAB, Chowdhury will focus his efforts on the Bowery Engine, an early stage direct investment and incubation company that previously supported SALIDO. Founding committee members include: Bleu Adams, IndigeHub, and JBF Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Fellow.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You can find this traditional sushi bar with an authentic, fast-paced street food energy located in the Chinatown Plaza right across the interstate from the Vegas Strip. The highly experienced sushi chefs at Kabuto Edomae prepare the highest quality fish to adorn their nigiri and sushi rolls in a fast-paced open kitchen for guests to watch.

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EATER

JULY 8, 2020

As executive director of Harlem Grown , a nonprofit that serves youth through mentoring and teaching about urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition, Hillery wanted to provide the neediest children in the community with a way to access fresh food during the pandemic. Hillery said this is how families end up on the fast food track.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

All locations will serve guests via delivery through a virtual kitchen facility. In addition to virtual kitchens meeting lower labor costs, they also offer a fast-track to opening, with a location able to begin serving in just one month. Pieology in China.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

The best performing segments during Q4 (and those that achieved positive same-store sales growth) were family dining, fine dining and upscale casual. Upscale casual also achieved positive sales growth during Q4 but experienced a small dip in sales for the entire year compared with 2018. For more information, click here.

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Black Box Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Casual dining is also trending?about When they feel like leadership has their back, they’re more likely to be loyal and engaged. For example, if you’re short-staffed, you can move tables that you’re unable to serve out of sight. These are fast-changing times for all types of restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

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. Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza signed a multi-unit development deal that will grow the brand’s footprint in Southern Louisiana.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

In response to the impact that mandatory closures have had on restaurants across the nation, several brick-and-mortar Dog Haus locations will serve three of these concepts for pick-up and delivery only in the coming weeks: Bad Mutha Clucka. The transaction marks the addition of the first fast-casual concept to Yum! Freiburger.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 26, 2023

We had traditionally sit-down and quick-serve, and then fast-casual kind of birthed in the middle. That's been one of our strategies behind the scenes," As 7 Leaves leadership has listened to what their customers want, they've also given their ear to what their employees want. It embodies that, right?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Husband-and-wife team Craig and Dianne LeMieux, along with their son Kyle and his wife Saverea LeMieux, have served as the brand’s Colorado area developers since 2016. Our new microsite should serve as a valuable resource to those interested and qualified to own a salad kitchen with us.” Salata Debuts Franchise Microsite.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

42 of the country’s favorite fast food and restaurant chains still don’t offer a plant-based entrée, according to a report released today by The Good Food Institute (GFI). “We’re thrilled to become a preferred supplier to Sodexo, which serves over 75 million consumers each day.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. Ike’s appointed industry veteran Adam Rinella as Vice President of Development to help the booming fast casual brand reach even more markets. Rinella is skilled in bringing restaurant ideas into reality.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

” 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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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Ono’s robotic food truck will begin serving the greater Los Angeles community nutritious, delicious, and affordable smoothie blends for under six dollars, and prepared within 60 seconds beginning this Fall. ” While Ono’s food truck is powered by complex technology, ordering an Ono Blend is simple.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Dirty Fingers – transforming the fast food game with elevated burgers, hot dogs, wings, fries and more. The Green Kitchen – serving nutrient-dense menu options with fresh and flavorful ingredients. “This partnership makes it possible for our customers to access what they need to help them better serve their customers.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

He continued by highlighting areas where the company outperformed the industry in growth and how the organic quick-serve restaurant continues to meet and exceed serving its guests amidst the unique demands of COVID-19. million guests. flip'd by IHOP.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers. First, at 2.1 Change, Incorporated.

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Open for Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Restaurant work is indeed stressful and it’s not for everyone, but one of its major advantages is that it’s inherently social, fast-paced, and fun. Hosts can simultaneously serve as receptionists. At some restaurants, bussers will also serve as food runners or expediters, ferrying food between kitchens and guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

We are proud to support our franchisees who offer much-needed job opportunities, in a welcoming environment where people can feel appreciated and rewarded for serving both customers and their communities during this critical time,” said Stephanie Lilak, Dunkin’ Brands’ Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 26, 2021

We work with OEMs, supplier, manufacturers, brokers, distributors, technologists, and other product and service providers seeking to better understand and serve the dynamic needs of the global foodservice industry. Other large categories are Warewashing Equipment, F&B Preparation Equipment, and Serving Equipment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

In today’s competitive market of fast casual chicken concepts, our brand has continued to differentiate itself with our made-from-scratch food and our hospitable atmosphere that guests are excited to return to,” said Scott Deviney, CEO of Chicken Salad Chick. Curtis Named President of Burger King US and Canada.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Continuing under the leadership of VP of Franchise Development, Shannon Swenson, Dave’s Hot Chicken has expanded its reach across the country with new deals signed in several key markets. “The business is doing incredible things through its careful selection of vetted franchise owners and fast, but strategic, growth.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Other businesses have seen a surge of consumer interest, including chicken-wing joints (+84 percent), pizzerias (+71 percent) and fast-food restaurants (+55 percent). dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. In the U.K.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 27, 2020

This is a game changer in quick-serve and fast casual restaurants." It syncs with existing restaurant POS systems to make onboarding fast and convenient. It allows restaurant leadership to quickly survey customers and gain data and real-time insights on operational improvement, menu modification and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Taylor brings deep experience in restaurant off-premise ordering and extensive executive leadership experience in both startup and growth-oriented businesses. In 2016, under Taylor’s leadership, Splick-it acquired its competitor, Onosys, to further strengthen the company’s market position and expand its product offering.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 18, 2020

“As businesses continue on their path to re-opening, understanding how best to serve their customers could mean the difference between regaining traction, or falling short over the next few months,” says Erin Fenn, Executive Vice President at Intouch Insight. ” Key findings from the study: ?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2020

This investment comes at a pivotal time, as the Indian fast casual has more than 50 franchise and corporate locations in varying stages of development across the United States, including two franchised locations that recently opened in Atlanta and Orange County, California. Paris Baquette's Leadership Changes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 7, 2020

After 50 years of service and countless untold tales, Art and Joanne and their family hope the anniversary year serves as a way to bring even more people together, creating an Azteca moment not only at every meal, but in the community. ” Senior Vice President of Supplier Management and Business Development, Cindy Leonard.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Bill formally served on the Great Lakes Franchise Association Board, Del Taco’s Franchise Marketing Advisory Council and the Finance Excellence Advisory Council for Burger King. Barb also served on the Operations Advisory Committee for Del Taco. Bill is a 1982 graduate of Michigan State University.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The brand recently launched its philanthropic arm – aptly named the Game On Foundation – to support youth sports facilities in the communities it serves. “Providing a sense of community is a top priority in every market we serve,” said Brandon Landry, who founded Walk-On’s in 2003. in Plano, Texas.

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