Dallas Morning News: With lenders still holding tight to their purse strings, local restaurant chains looking to add outlets are discovering that size matters. Many major sit-down chains, which often have restaurants of at least 5,000 square feet, have all but stopped adding locations as consumers cut back on dining out. Meanwhile, several local brands […]
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dBusinessNews Dallas: Wingstop, the nation’s fastest growing chicken wing chain, has named current CFO Wes Jablonski as Chief Development Officer to support the company’s rapid expansion plans over the next few years. In this newly-created position, Jablonski will oversee franchising, development and real estate for the company. “Creating the role of chief development officer better
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The News-Times: A lifelong stress-relieving activity has made Rachel Tedeschi a hero with her family, especially her children and their friends. Now Tedischi hopes to cash in on that activity, making old-fashioned homemade cookies. Family and friends have been telling her for years that she should be selling her baked goods, but she just thought
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WA today: Australia’s largest pizza maker, Domino’s Pizza, has committed to ramping up its franchise footprint across Australia and New Zealand during the next 12 months. Its franchise development manager, Pat McMichael, said the shop growth would include strategies for metropolitan as well as regional stores. ”We launched our three-year strategic plan recently and we
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Colorado Springs Gazette: Tamara Davis-Peck just wanted some jewelry at a low price.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: A dismal economy and a stiff challenge from the world’s largest restaurant chain threatened to flush the burgeoning coffeehouse industry down the drain like a day-old cup of joe. But after seeing its stock price plunge by more than 80 percent, Minneapolis-based Caribou Coffee has enjoyed a robust rebound that has more
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The Times: You recently sold the South African and African rights to Mugg & Bean, a concept you started in 1996. Where did it begin? Working in food is something I have wanted to do my whole life. I’ve been in the restaurant business in Johannesburg since 1979 [Filmater owned the restaurants Linger Longer, Scratch
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Fast Casual: Sarku Japan has launched a new Teriyaki and Sushi Express concept and restaurant franchising opportunity. Touting the new brand promise “Fresh Happens Here,” Sarku chefs prepare made-to-order sushi and signature teriyaki recipes on a Teppanyaki grill. The concept is reaching for a brand goal of 1,000 new units, all projected to open within
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Bizjournals.com: Papa Bello Enterprises is starting to franchise its Italian eatery chain in Maryland this month after moving its headquarters to Baltimore. The restaurant chain, which touts pizza, calzones and pasta on its menu, is one of several companies eyeing Maryland as a new hot spot for pizza. Maryland and the mid-Atlantic have been relatively
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Manila Bulletin: The Italian Square Pizza, Pasta, Atbp., Biñan’s well-loved home of Sicilian-inspired square pizzas, takes a dynamic entry into the metro food scene with the recent grand opening of its delivery and carry-out (DELCO) outlet along Malamig Street near Claret School in Diliman, Quezon City. The DELCO outlet, the first groundbreaking feat for Italian
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