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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chipotle officially kills Farmesa as potential second concept

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 25, 2024

Farmesa's healthful bowl menu was tested but CEO Brian Niccol said the company is focused on growing Chipotle into an iconic brand.

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P.F. Chang's opens a fast-casual Asian bowl concept

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 16, 2024

A Pagoda by P.F. Chang's is operating in a suburban New York shopping mall. It's the chain's third crack at a fast-casual spinoff.

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Buffalo Wild Wings has big plans for small-scale spinoff BWW Go

By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 11, 2024

The full-service chicken wing chain this week opened its 100th Go location and has franchisee commitments to open nearly 600 more of the takeout-focused restaurants.

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How breakfast player Squeeze In is primping to find its future growth partner

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 04, 2024

Squeeze In is known for omelets, generously boozy brunch cocktails and a joyfully wacky community vibe. Here's how the two sisters who own the brand plan to reach 100 units within a decade.

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Punch Bowl Social plans growth with two acquired concepts

By Lisa Jennings on Mar. 29, 2024

Chicago-based eatertainment chain Punch Bowl Social has acquired two new brands that it plans to grow. One is karaoke-concept Voicebox and the other is an immersive art experience called Sweet Tooth Hotel. Both have cocktail bars.

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