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Layne's Chicken Fingers Hits 50 Units, Eyes California Build-Out
Layne's Chicken Fingers reached 50-plus operating units and inked 24 new franchise agreements in the first half of 2026…
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Capriotti's Opens 12 Units, Eyes 750 Locations by 2032
Capriotti's 50th-anniversary expansion into markets including Charleston, Fort Wayne, and Tempe signals a wave of fast-…
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MenuSifu POS-Synced Kitchen Automation Targets Bubble Tea Scale
MenuSifu's integrated POS, kiosk, and kitchen automation platform reports 20% delivery order volume gains for operators…
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Biscuit Belly Acquires 34 Maple Street Units, Eyes 60+ Locations
Biscuit Belly's purchase of 34 Cracker Barrel–owned Maple Street locations will drive an 18-to-24-month kitchen rebrand…
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Roy Choi's Best Friend Korean BBQ Heads to Anaheim's OCVIBE
Best Friend's Anaheim location will be the concept's second permanent home, joining a 50,000-square-foot chef-driven ma…
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Konro Grills, Weekly Reprints Drive Fredericksburg Locavore Kitchen
Virginia restaurant builds kitchen around Japanese binchotan charcoal grills to support weekly menu rotations tied to r…
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Craveworthy Brands Brings Five Concepts to Georgia Tech Campus
Craveworthy Brands' multi-concept Crave Kitchen Georgia Tech installation at the John Lewis Student Center signals grow…
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Wonder Raises $650M Series D at $9B Valuation for Robot Kitchen Expansion
Wonder's latest funding round, backed by Accel, GV, and ARK Invest, signals accelerating capital flow into robotics and…
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Portillo's Opens Wrigleyville Unit in Chicago Expansion Push
Portillo's targets Wrigleyville for its newest Chicago-area restaurant, a high-traffic urban site that will test the br…
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Chipotle Opens First Mexico Unit in Nuevo León via Alsea Deal
Chipotle and Alsea's new San Pedro Garza García location marks the chain's first Mexico footprint, with additional Nuev…
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Giordano's Deep-Dish Concept Lands at Mall of America July 16
Giordano's Mall of America debut on July 16 brings Chicago-style stuffed deep-dish pizza to a high-volume retail foodse…
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Shipley Do-Nuts Enters Ohio With 3-Unit Cincinnati Deal
Koelache Co. LLC will open the brand's first Buckeye State units starting Q1 2027, bringing Shipley's fresh-daily donut…