McAlister’s Deli Celebrates Summer with New Limited-Time Promotions

BBQ Pulled Pork, Dessert Shooters, Freshly-Brewed Peach Tea and Other Summer Favorites Available through Sept. 29 McAlister’s Deli, a leading fast casual restaurant, is celebrating summer with new limited-time promotions, including BBQ pulled pork, refreshing dessert shooters and a new…
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Smoothie King Targets Jacksonville, FL, For Franchise Expansion

Leading Smoothie Concept Offers 40 Percent Discount off Franchise Fee to Drive Development Smoothie King Franchises, Inc., the premier smoothie and nutritional lifestyle center, announced today it is targeting the Jacksonville, Fla., metro area for franchise growth. Smoothie King currently…
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Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q Names Marketing, Operations VPs

Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q has brought in a pair of heavy hitters in the worlds of operations and marketing to oversee changes in the venerable restaurant chain. Brandon Manly joins Sonny’s as chief operating officer where he will implement significant…
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Burger King Original Chicken Sandwich Deal for Fourth of July Weekend

This Fourth of July weekend, Burger King is inviting all of America to add one of its “founding flavors” to their holiday plans. Burger King restaurants nationwide will celebrate America’s birthday by offering all guests the BK Original Chicken Sandwich…
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Outback Steakhouse Lets Freedom Bloom on July 4th

Celebrate Independence Day at Outback Steakhouse and get a taste of Bloomin’ freedom.  On Thursday, July 4, customers who say “Let Freedom Bloom” to their server will receive the original Bloomin’ Onion for free with any purchase. The offer is…
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Brand Growth Lessons From McDonald’s

Increasingly, upstart competitors are peeling off slices of a large brand’s customer segments  by creating strong value propositions and specific, deep emotional connections with those consumer niches. So, what’s a larger, established brand to do?  How do you go about…
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Seven Reasons Aspiring Restaurateurs Get Burned

Half of Americans have worked in a restaurant at some point, and a healthy portion dream of opening their own joints. (The number of eateries in the U.S. will soon top 1 million.) Dependable mortality rates are hard to find…
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Food fight for dinner reservations in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Scooch over, OpenTable, another party wants a seat in your booth. A Scottish upstart that picked the Twin Cities as its first U.S. market says it is now generating more reservations for local restaurants than the industry leader, though OpenTable…
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Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop Debuts Eighth Pennsylvania Restaurant

Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop, an East Coast staple, announces its newest restaurant is now open and serving up award-winning subs in Folsom, PA. No strangers to Capriotti’s, Pennsylvania residents welcome the newest arrival of a local favorite. The new shop will…
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The Recipe For Noodles & Company’s Secret Sauce? Look To Chipotle

The hottest IPO of the year is a chain restaurant from flyover country: Denver-based Noodles & Company. After it went public last Friday, its stock price immediately doubled, a clear indication that Wall Street undervalued the company. With 343 locations,…
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Supersizing Gourmet Burger Chains

They will gladly pay you, sometimes with some equity, for expansion capital to make even more hamburgers today. As Americans go gonzo for the gourmet burger, small upscale chains are beefing up production thanks to private equity and lenders. Increasingly,…
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Lenny’s Sub Shop Highlights ‘All-American Classic’

To help celebrate our nation’s independence day, Lenny’s Sub Shop, a national sub sandwich franchise, is kicking off a two month long promotion featuring its All-American Classic sub in all of its sub shops nationwide. With a value price point…
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Zaxby’s Opens First Restaurant in Eufaula

Licensees Ken Greene, David Harris and Rand Jones have opened the doors to Eufaula’s first Zaxby’s restaurant. The new restaurant is located at 3188 South Eufaula Ave., in front of Walmart. A Southeast favorite for chicken fingers and wings, Zaxby’s…
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Behind the Krispy Kreme Turnaround

It was only after three years of year-over-year revenue and gross profit growth, 18 consecutive quarters of same-store sales increases, and an eight-year high on the stock that Krispy Kreme Doughnut’s (KKD) executives finally turned to one another and acknowledged…
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Judge Blocks Cracker Barrel From Grocery Shelf

A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked Cracker Barrel Old Country Store from selling branded meats and other food items in grocery stores. The lawyers of the restaurant chain indicated they plan to appeal U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman’s…
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