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Darden To Part With Red Lobster, Cuts Cap-Ex By $100 Million
Darden Restaurants, which announced plans last month to sell or spin off its Red Lobster chain, is suspending the opening of new Olive Garden locations and cutting back on the number of new LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants. Red Lobster, which has 705 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, has seen stagnant same-store sales in the past…
Saladworks Expands Footprint Into Four New Countries
The healthy-eating focus that underlies Saladworks’ name and concept is moving into new territories overseas. The Conshohocken, Pa., fresh-tossed salad franchise concept has signed four international master franchise agreements for more than 50 stores in major markets in Canada, Qatar, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Fifteen stores, including one that opened last summer, are…
Red Or White, Wine Temps Are Perfect On Tap
Whether it’s beer, wine or cider by the glass that an operator needs to tap, Perlick’s new Dual-Zone Wine/Refrigeration Center will do the job. The 36-inch (91.4cm) wine dispensing unit is the first of its size to feature two compartments with separate temperature zone ranges and the ability to dispense from four wine kegs. The…
AFC Renames Itself Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
After a banner year in which the company celebrated its most new-unit openings—194—in 15 years, AFC Enterprises has officially changed its corporate name to Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. “The Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen name has been used in our restaurants since 2008. This name is among the most visible expressions of our Louisiana heritage and differentiates…
Fazoli’s Opens Fast-Casual Concept
The influence of Panera and Chipotle on the fast-casual market continued last week in Baltimore when Fazoli’s debuted its entry into the competitive market segment. Its new Venti Tre Modern Italian offers an ordering format familiar to patrons of these pioneering chains: Customers choose either a piada, salad or pasta as the base of their…
Rational Customers Assured By Service Package
Rational would like all of its customers to get the maximum benefit from their purchase right from the start and throughout the product’s service life. Customers who purchase a Rational cooking appliance will receive a free Rational ServicePlus package that they can use as long as they have a Rational appliance in their kitchen. The…
Carvel Goes Contemporary
Carvel has introduced a new design for its full-sized and express locations. The prototype, which also includes a toppings bar and digital menu boards, debuted in Royal Palm, Fla., in March. The chain said it plans to open 20 restaurants using the new design in its core markets of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts…
McD’s Plans To Refranchise 1,500 Stores
McDonald’s Corp. will refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants by 2016, focusing on its Europe and Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) regions. That’s more than a 50% jump in refranchising activity from the prior three years; it would allow the chain to focus on running fewer restaurants while still collecting royalties from the franchised locations.…
CKE Keeps Eye On World Footprint, Opens 600th Int’l Unit
CKE Restaurant Holdings continues to think big on global expansion. The company took another step in late June toward its 2017 goal of 1,000 international Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s locations when it opened its 600th international restaurant outlet. The new Hardee’s store in Astana, Kazakhstan, is operated by franchisee The Caspian International Restaurants Co., a…
Luby’s Adds Another Dual Unit
A third dual-concept, side-by-side Luby’s Cafeteria and Fuddruckers unit recently opened in Texas. The new Dallas outlet joins similar co-branded stores in Houston and Austin. The concepts occupy a free-standing, 13,000-sq.-ft. facility; the 3,000-sq.-ft. Fuddruckers seats 92, while Luby’s can accommodate 220 guests in its 9,900 sq. ft. Luby’s Inc. operates 94 Luby’s Cafeterias, 68…
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