Taco Bell execs are confident about new menu items despite added complexity

Feb 12, 2024

Such added complexity, including from a new Cantina Chicken menu, comes with operational risks, such as slower service times.

Virtual Dining Concepts partners with TikTok for new brand based on viral food trends

Feb 09, 2024

Creators’ Kitchen As Seen On TikTok is a partnership between TikTok creators and the virtual brand development company

New bill would offer some restaurant exemptions to California’s $20 minimum wage bill

Feb 09, 2024

AB 610 would carve out eight new exemptions from the definition of ‘fast food restaurant’

Taco Bell names Jason Kidd as global COO

Feb 09, 2024

Executive most recently served as president of Hearing Lab Technology and succeeds Mike Grams in the role

Flynn Group explores sale of majority stake: Report

Feb 09, 2024

Sources tell Reuters that potential deal could value Applebee’s-Taco Bell franchise portfolio company at $5B

How a Starbucks legal case could change the entire union landscape

Feb 09, 2024

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Starbucks’ appeal of one of many labor-related lawsuits filed against the Seattle-based coffee chain. This appeal is Starbucks’ response to an Aug. 2022 U.S. district court decision...

Smoothie King forecasts 100 new locations in 2024

Feb 08, 2024

Privately held franchise brand says same-store sales rose 11.5% in 2023

Whataburger makes its first bet on Las Vegas

Feb 08, 2024

Franchisee Panda Restaurant Group opens unit in two-story location on The Strip, co-located with Parry’s Pizzeria & Taphouse

Denny’s employee education program partners with 2 universities

Feb 08, 2024

Managers in training can now earn credits from Oakwood and Bay Path