Mid-Atlantic Chain’s Expansion will Begin in the Detroit Market Today Sheetz, a major Mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, announced it will expand into Michigan, with the first store location projected to open in 2025, starting in the Detroit market. Named a Best Regional Fast Food Chain by USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards, Sheetz’s… read more

Le Pain Quotidien, Little Beet, and Little Beet Table — three emerging New York City concepts operated by Aurify Brands since 2020 — have now united under one umbrella platform: Convive Brands, led by former NPC International CEO Jon Weber. Aurify — which currently has major investments in Fields Good Chicken, Melt Shop, and a… read more

Restaurants and robots: Don’t be alarmed So much of the recent news about robots in restaurants has focused on the kitchen, where experts seek to engineer the perfect automated pizza maker or a robotic fry station attendant. While the jury’s still out on whether these devices could ever demonstrate the dexterity humans have for making… read more

Taco Bell seems to have figured out the right cadence for product launches to generate strong sales and traffic. For Q3, that launch was the beloved Mexican Pizza. This quarter, it may very well be the Enchirito, which has officially made its return to menus nationwide for the first time in nearly 10 years. Taco… read more

Subway Focuses on off-Premises, on-the-go Concepts Through the first three quarters of 2022, the company’s existing 5,900 non-traditional North American locations had an average 13% growth in same-store sales compared to the same period of 2021. Despite being hit the hardest by pandemic restrictions, there was especially large growth in locations like airports, college campuses… read more

After McDonald’s Deal, Krispy Kreme Seeks other Partners Executives of Krispy Kreme, Inc. expect partnerships, such as a recent one with McDonald’s, and international expansion to keep increasing global points of access, which reflect all locations where the company’s fresh donuts and cookies can be purchased. Charlotte-based Krispy Kreme in October said its donuts will… read more

The fast-casual is tapping into data to enhance and personalize each guest’s experience How Noodles & Co. is Leveraging Data to Weather Economic Instability As the digital revolution continues to reshape how consumers interact with their favorite brands, restaurants are increasingly finding ways to collect data points that help them drive business from both loyal… read more

Right Here. Right Now. Right Future. From the current macroeconomic challenges of the day to the disruptions of the past two years, there’s no shortage of distractions that can cause us to take our eyes off the “now” ball and fret about what the future may bring. Despite all this chaos, the fundamentals of foodservice… read more