Tomorrow’s Owners Wanted for Work Today: Jersey Mike’s Quicks off a new Recruitment Campaign Jersey Mike’s Subs is launching a nationwide crew-level recruitment campaign aimed at entrepreneurial spirits who might want to become store operators or owners—if not heads of a multi-billion-dollar operation. A new TV commercial features CEO and chain father Peter Cancro, whose… read more
Due to COVID-19, the restaurant industry has seen more change in the last six months than in the last ten years according to Tama Looney, Brand Analytics & Customer Engagement Executive with Xenial, who has been in the restaurant industry for a decade and in the consumer insights and analytic industry for over 20. “Anything… read more
As restaurateurs wait to see if their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans will be forgiven, accountants and industry lobbyists are warning that the waiver of repayment could foist a significant and often unforeseen tax burden on the borrowers. When Congress established the PPP under the omnibus CARES Act in March, it specified that loans essentially… read more
Two Years Into Dunkin’s Rebrand, VP Drayton Martin Talks Coffee, Logos, and Even Donuts Despite the pandemic-prompted loss of foot traffic, retail coffee is still among the most robust segments of the restaurant business. According to Research and Markets, coffee shops are expected to grow by 13% between now and 2024, becoming an $81 billion… read more
The restaurants, which are now owned by Sun Holdings subsidiary Suncakes LLC, are in Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina and were previously owned by CFRA Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May and closed 49 IHOP restaurants. Ownership was transferred in July, according to a statement from IHOP, which is… read more
New York City on announced the rules for restaurants to heat the outdoor dining spaces that they were allowed to set up in June in response to dining rooms being ordered closed to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Electric radiant heaters — which heat objects rather than the air and therefore are… read more
Emerging fast-casual wants to host a Peace Summit between Chick-fil-A and Popeyes—and launch its own chicken sandwich while it’s at it. Erupting in the wake of Popeyes’ hugely successful chicken sandwich launch in August 2019, the so-called “chicken-sandwich wars” pitted Popeyes and Chick-fil-A in a highly publicized battle for poultry supremacy that helped the former… read more
Coffee chain Starbucks has launched a plant-based breakfast sandwich at one test location in Issaquah, WA, a city on the outskirts of Seattle. The new Plant-Powered Breakfast Sandwich, retailing at $5.45, is made with a mung bean-based egg, a plant-based sausage patty, dairy-free cheese, and is served on an English muffin. While Starbucks has not… read more
Fast-food chain KFC said it will add 5,400 jobs across its 965 restaurants in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2020, in a rare piece of good news for Britain’s pandemic-hit jobs market. Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest level in more than three years earlier in October and is expected to jump… read more
Lexington, Ky.-based, fast-casual Italian-American chain Fazoli’s announced a major national expansion Thursday, with the addition of six new franchisees, totaling 12 new locations across Iowa, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. Additionally, a current Fazoli’s franchisee is opening two locations in Georgia. Currently, with 220 restaurants in 28 states, Fazoli’s is planning to begin opening this… read more