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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…
LYFE Kitchen Grows Three More Stores
LYFE Kitchen, the chain with an acronym for its name (Love Your Food Everyday), has made Santa Clarita, Calif., home to its 11th location. As at its other stores, every dish on the menu is fewer than 600 calories and features only locally sourced ingredients. Also in line with the Irvine, Calif., company’s policy, the…
Second Quarter 2013 State Tax Revenues Exceed 2008 Peak, But Growth Expected To Slow
Thanks in part to tax-law changes that accelerated capital-gains taxes, overall state tax revenues in the second quarter 2013 surpassed previous peak collections in real terms from before the Great Recession, according to data reported by the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y. But the Institute’s analysts also warned that preliminary data from the…
Many Housing-Battered States To See Restaurant Sales Improve, NRA Forecasts
Several states whose economies and restaurant sales were most affected by the housing crash during the Great Recession are forecast to post some of the strongest growth in restaurant sales this year, according to the National Restaurant Association. The group’s state-by-state and regional forecasts, part of its 2014 Restaurant Industry Forecast released in January, predicts…
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