Food & Beverage News

Ali Group North America – Refrigeration Division is happy to announce the addition of Liz Genereux. Liz will serve as the Western Region Sales Manager and Director of Healthcare Services—where she’ll be tasked with developing and building both Beverage-Air and Victory brands within industry segments. Liz has been in the food service industry for over…

Arby’s, Burger King, Sonic, Panda Express and Applebee’s are just some of the 15 restaurants that got a failing grade on the annual Chain Reaction Antibiotics Scorecard, which grades restaurants based on their antibiotic food policies. The report surveyed the top 25 U.S. burger chain restaurants in America, and the top 25 overall fast-food and fast-casual…

A honey butter chicken biscuit sandwich served during breakfast hours. The return of Wendy’s to Europe within 18-months. 50-piece orders of spicy chicken nuggets being ordered through restaurants by those that saw a bullish Chance the Rapper tweet about them. The Baconator ordered on the Wendy’s app and delivered soon thereafter by Grubhub. Clearly, this…

IHOP just ramped up its growth plans with a new franchise deal. The pancake chain announced October 30 a new partnership with TravelCenters of America. The new IHOP restaurants in the travel centers will be operated by the TA Restaurant Group, a division of TravelCenters of America. The deal will allow the two companies to develop and…

The Wendy’s Co. will debut its new breakfast daypart nationwide in the first quarter of 2020 and expects the new daypart eventually to contribute a 10% growth in sales, executives said. The Dublin, Ohio-based burger brand, which hosted an Investor Day on Friday, said the new breakfast platform which has been tested in 300 stores…

Shake Shack announced the latest in a series of leadership appointments and promotions, naming Tara Comonte, chief financial officer, to the expanded role of president and CFO. As president, Ms. Comonte will focus on scaling the burger chain’s infrastructure, broadening support and guidance on day-to-day operations, the company said. She will continue overseeing finance, accounting,…

GPS Hospitality, the Atlanta-based multi-unit operator of nearly 400 Burger King locations, has bought 75 Pizza Hut restaurants in four states bringing its quick-service empire to nearly 500 restaurants. The Pizza Hut acquisitions were made in two separate undisclosed deals, GPS CEO Tom Garrett told Nation’s Restaurant News in an exclusive interview. The deal widens…

The Filipino fast food chain is known for its fried chicken, halo halo, and spaghetti, among other fan-favorite items. For most of September, the average overnight temperatures in Calgary, Canada usually slip into the mid-forties, which is nice if you like to burrow deep into your duvet cover, but downright chilly if you’re sleeping outside the…

Italy’s Illycaffe could reach its goal of opening 200 cafes in the United States within five years as part of a broader drive to expand its business outside its home market, Andrea Illy, the chairman of the premium coffee maker said. The project – which would mark a significant expansion overseas for the Italian roaster…

Imagine having 100 percent turnover, where no one in your restaurants lasts a year. Many brands deal with this, but others have surpassed this theoretical limit with turnover higher than 100 percent. This means the people they hire replace those who left also leave within the same year, and this phenomenon is reaching catastrophic levels.…