Category: Restaurant & Foodservice

September 26, 2018

Inspire Brands to Add Sonic to Its Map

Inspire Brands has made no secret that it wanted to add a burger brand to its growing portfolio since its...

By Mike Baker

September 20, 2018

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – September 2018

Personnel Updates • Biscuitville (11) named Krispy Kreme’s Anne Goldman to succeed recently retired Tim Hegarty as Chief Development Officer....

By Mike Baker

August 30, 2018

Oath Pizza Inks Deal with Aramark, Poised for Growth

MOD and Blaze built their burgeoning fast-casual pizza empires via hundreds of new-store openings over the last four years. Upstart...

By Mike Baker

August 23, 2018

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – August 2018

Personnel Updates • Ark Restaurants Corp. (12) President and CFO Robert J. Stewart passed away. • Asian Box (7) named...

By Mike Baker

August 17, 2018

Breaking News: CAVA to Acquire Zoe’s Kitchen

CAVA Group announced today that it will acquire Mediterranean fast-casual Zoe’s Kitchen in a $300 million deal that will take...

By Mike Baker

August 15, 2018

Krispy Kreme to Buy Insomnia: Mapping JAB’s Growth

JAB Holdings, the Luxemburg-based investment firm, has quickly become a force in the US restaurant industry thanks to a spending...

By Mike Baker

July 26, 2018

Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Concepts We Like

Pitas and bowls and chickpeas and chicken. Add them up, and they equal growth for most of the “new wave”...

By Mike Baker

July 18, 2018

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – July 2018

Personnel Updates • B.Good (9) named Brent Feldman CMO to replace Kim Cerato who recently exited the company. • CKE...

By Mike Baker

July 12, 2018

Golden Chick

By Mike Baker

June 28, 2018

Changes at Chipotle: More Energy, More Fun, Fewer Stores

And a move to Southern California. But we already knew about that. Those are my initial thoughts from the special...

By Mike Baker

June 21, 2018

DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice – June 2018

Personnel Updates • B.Good (8) hired Chris Fuqua to take over for co-founder Anthony Ackil as CEO. • CiCi Enterprises...

By Mike Baker

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