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Emerging Brands

Financing

Saladworks-parent WOWorks is shopping for new brands to buy

 By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 20, 2024

The platform company is almost finished assimilating its existing six brands. Now it's time to add to the family, said CEO Kelly Roddy.

Operations

Atlas Restaurant Group acquires majority stake in Big Fish Restaurant Group

 By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 20, 2024

The strategic partnership brings to 50 the number of restaurants within Baltimore-based Atlas' portfolio.

Leadership

Meet the 2024 class of James Beard Award-winning chefs

By Lisa Jennings on Jun. 13, 2024

Many of these winners are known regionally, but not on a national level. Who are these culinary stars, where do they cook, and what did they wear to the awards ceremony?

Emerging Brands

4 types of hot restaurant concepts muscling their way into the Top 500

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 04, 2024

Past rankings showed inroads being made by cookie concepts, drive-thru drink brands and a new wave of salad specialists. What sort of restaurants are this year's standout rookies?

Emerging Brands

Scott Taylor hits the ground running as CEO of Cherry Bounce Hospitality

By Joe Guszkowski on May 31, 2024

The industry veteran with a knack for scaling full-service brands is bringing his expertise to three Southeastern mainstays and is on the hunt for more.

Emerging Brands

Cracker Barrel slows development of Maple Street Biscuit Co.

By Peter Romeo on May 30, 2024

Resources and management's attention will be focused on a rejuvenation of the company's namesake brand, whose traffic is down 20% year to date, executives told Wall Street Thursday.

Emerging Brands

5 pre-emerging restaurant brands ready for takeoff

By Lisa Jennings on May 23, 2024

These small concepts are still proving out their ideas, but each shows promise as a potential candidate for the next generation of emerging chains.

Emerging Brands

Fuzzy's Taco Shop to open 40 restaurants in Arizona and Texas

By Joe Guszkowski on May 23, 2024

The development agreements represent a return to unit growth for the fast-casual Mexican chain under new owner Dine Brands, the parent of Applebee's and IHOP.

Financing

How Chip City Cookies plans to use a second round of funding from Danny Meyer's investment arm

By Lisa Jennings on May 08, 2024

The Series B funding brings the Enlightened Hospitality Investments total to $17.5 million, which will help the 38-unit chain compete in the crowded cookie segment.

Operations

Just Salad jumps on the drive-thru bandwagon

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 30, 2024

Freshly made drive-thru salads are increasingly becoming a thing. This fast-casual chain is ramping up growth in both urban and suburban locations, with car customers in mind.

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