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Tropical Smoothie Cafe Lines Up 40 Units in NY and CT
Tropical Smoothie Cafe's agreement with multi-unit operator Aurify Kingstar will push the brand toward 1,800 total loca…
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Duchess Restaurants Adopts Beyond Oil Frying Tech Chainwide
Duchess Restaurants, a Connecticut quick-service chain operating since 1956, has standardized on Beyond Oil's frying te…
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Oxipital AI Adds Foreign Material Detection at Line Speed
Oxipital AI's Foreign Material Detection runs on its deployed OX and VX platforms, delivering up to 99% detection accur…
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Metal Can Market Eyes $80B as Canned Food Demand Surges
MarketsandMarkets projects the food and beverage metal cans market will grow from $57.19 billion in 2026 to $80.21 bill…
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KFC Switches to Coca-Cola Nationwide Starting Jan. 2027
KFC U.S. is replacing its current fountain beverage supplier with Coca-Cola across more than 4,000 domestic locations, …
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Chubby Group Buys 47 GEN Korean BBQ Units in $100M Deal
Chubby Group's $50M Series A and 47-unit GEN Korean BBQ acquisition will trigger a 12-month kitchen conversion campaign…
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Hyphen Automated Makeline Gets Nationwide Service Backbone via Ricoh
Hyphen's under-counter robotic bowl-assembly system, backed by Chipotle and Cava, gains Ricoh's RICOH Service Advantage…
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CIA's Worlds of Flavor Returns Nov. 4 with Asian Kitchen Focus
The Culinary Institute of America's annual three-day conference targets chefs and foodservice operators seeking practic…
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Congebec Mascouche Freezer Earns Top-3 BRCGS Americas Nod
Congebec's Mascouche industrial freezer, a 2023-built facility featuring CO₂ refrigeration and lithium smart-battery MH…
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Taco Bell Scales Beverage-Forward Café Concept to 39+ Units
Taco Bell's Live Más Café concept — built around 20+ specialty beverage SKUs and distinct café buildouts — is expanding…
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Vallarta Supermarkets' 66th Store Spans 45,839 Sq. Ft. in Duarte
Vallarta Supermarkets' Duarte build-out houses made-fresh tortilla and panadería operations, full-service meat and seaf…
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TOPPAN Packaging Tops Technomic Quality & Value Rankings
TOPPAN Packaging outscored seven competing suppliers in a commissioned Technomic study, leading on value ratings by fiv…