Melting Pot Restaurants Inc., the 94-unit fondue concept, plans to remodel a store each week during 2023 . . . . Melting Pot Restaurants Inc., the 94-unit fondue concept, plans to remodel a store each week during 2023, the company says. Tampa, Fla.-based Melting Pot, a division of Front Burner Brands, has opened remodeled stores… read more

See the year’s best creative work and top marketing and production pros, as chosen by a jury of industry leaders . . . . Today, we are proud to present the winners of Ad Age’s seventh annual Creativity Awards. Paired with our long-running A-List, the Creativity Awards celebrate the year’s most impactful and innovative ideas,… read more

The multi-concept operator, which emerged from the ashes of Craftworks Holdings, is taking in its first fast-food chain in Krystal. Both companies are owned by the private equity firm Fortress Investment Group . . . . SPB Hospitality, the multi-concept operator of casual dining chains like Logan’s Roadhouse and J. Alexander’s, is merging with Krystal… read more

Twitter will now let U.S. cannabis marketers feature their products in ads on the platform, with some caveats . . . . The social-media company is now letting cannabis companies post pictures of their products in ads, less than three months after it first opened the door to their paid-for posts with heavier limitations Twitter… read more

Perdue Farms announced a partnership with Cornell University and the University of Illinois to reduce Salmonella cases linked to raw poultry . . . . Through January 2024, Perdue will fund the research project, “Simulation and Modelling to Rationally Target Salmonella Control Strategies in Processing Plants.” The study will build risk assessment models that optimize… read more

Caribou Coffee is undertaking a major expansion effort with the addition of 300 locations . . . . Caribou Coffee is part of the Panera Brands’ portfolio, a business unit of JAB Holding Co., and has approximately 735 locations worldwide. “Over the past 30 years, Caribou Coffee has refined and elevated the guest experience through… read more

Executives of McDonald’s Corp. are identifying opportunities to become faster, more innovative and more efficient as an organization . . . . A key strategy moving forward is “implementing horizontal ways of working,” said Christopher J. Kempczinski, president and chief executive officer. “For years, our organization, like many others, was too siloed, whether that be… read more

Earlier this year, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. unveiled a new menu offering inspired by two TikTok content creators . . . . The digital-exclusive fajita quesadilla adds peppers and onions, plus a side of the chipotle-honey vinaigrette customarily served with its salads, to the standard quesadilla, which typically features cheese and pork, beef, chicken or… read more