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Pizza Hut partners with Beyond Meat on two new Pizzas
Pizza Hut has joined forces with Beyond Meat, Inc. to develop two new pizzas featuring plant-based sausage. The collaboration will make plant-based meat pizzas “more widely available to the masses,” the Yum! Brands, Inc. subsidiary said. New Beyond Pan Pizzas were co-created by the Pizza Hut and Beyond Meat culinary teams to mimic the taste…
Read MoreFamous Dave’s to Acquire Granite City Food and Brewery
BBQ Holdings Inc., the parent company of Famous Dave’s, announced Thursday a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of craft beer chain Granite City Food and Brewery. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move is BBQ Holdings’ first foray outside of the barbecue sector. Its other two brands are the recently created Clark…
Read MoreJINYA Ramen Bar Names Tom Cardenas Director of Hospitality and Beverage
Cardenas brings more than 25 years of industry experience to JINYA. For nearly 20 years, Cardenas worked for Innovative Dining Group, where he served as opening general manager for Sushi Roki and Katana Restaurant. After being promoted to director of operations and then vice president of operations, Cardenas added several domestic and international brands to…
Read MoreCOVID Complicates the Tipping Debate Even Further for Restaurants
The topic of tipping and its impact on server wages is hardly a new one, but the coronavirus presented full-service restaurants and the industry at large with an opportunity to dismantle—or at least change—the default model. Greg Ryan, co-owner of Bell’s Restaurant in Los Alamos, California, accelerated his decision to phase out tipping after the…
Read MoreGLOBAL FOODSERVICE NEWS – NOVEMBER 15, 2020 EDITION
Dunkin’ is Going Private in $11.3 Billion Deal Inspire Brands, a holding company backed by the Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm, is purchasing Dunkin’, which also owns Baskin-Robbins. Inspire already owns 11,000 Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic, Jimmy John’s, and other restaurants. Inspire, which will take on Dunkin’s debt in the deal, plans…
Read MoreChick-fil-A Gets Modular with Restaurant Construction
This past month, Chick-fil-A quietly opened a location that could reimagine its construction for years to come. The company’s Restaurant Development team spent the past several years looking into modular growth as it explored ways to improve Chick-fil-A’s remodeling and rebuilding plans. In October, the first location rebuilt using modular construction opened outside of Atlanta…
Read MoreRestaurants Turn to Innovative Outdoor Solutions Ahead of Winter
As coronavirus cases continue to spike, some states are reinstating restrictions on indoor dining. Restaurants already reeling with huge financial strains are trying to find innovative solutions to keep their doors open. Some are thinking outside the box and into a bubble. “What you’re seeing in Washington D.C. and Chicago and elsewhere are local mayors…
Read MoreTaco Bell to Throw 400 Socially Distanced Hiring Parties
More than 400 Taco Bell restaurants across the country will be hosting hiring parties Tuesday, a festive program the Irvine, Calif.-based chain first tested in 2018 to attract more applicants. The event, now in its third year, has been modified to incorporate social-distancing protocols as the company looks to hire hundreds of employees for the…
Read MoreNew Restaurants are Starting to Open in the Pandemic
New Restaurants are Starting to Open in the Pandemic A lot of discussions have been held and predictions shared when it comes to restaurant closures and COVID-19. And, generally, talk of expansion and openings is framed against a post-pandemic backdrop—a world where big chains get bigger and well-capitalized brands flood the real estate left behind.…
Read MoreQdoba Accelerates Non-Traditional Growth
QDOBA Mexican Eats continues to grow its non-traditional footprint across universities, airports, and other venues where a premium is placed on convenience, speed, quality, and value. Since August, the Brand has opened eight locations on college campuses across the country, including the University of Cincinnati, University of Nebraska —Lincoln, Purdue University, University of Pittsburgh—Bradford, ASU…
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