According to various reports, Greensboro, North Carolina-based Cook Out Restaurants has acquired the Zesto on Ponce de Leon restaurant in Atlanta that closed in late September. According to permits filed with the city, the unit’s unique exterior will remain the…

John Bornoty launched The Big Salad quick service concept in 2008 with the goal to grow in such a way that is sustainable in terms of maintaining superior product and service offerings, as well as being an asset to the…

Southern fast casual restaurant concept Chicken Salad Chick opened its latest franchise location earlier in the month in Savannah, Georgia. Located in a 2400 square foot in-line unit in the Savannah Centre, the restaurant is owned by franchisees Tim and…

Bennigan’s is undergoing a strong renaissance after a major restructuring while simultaneously redefining casual dining. Since the end of 2012, the company has opened new franchise locations in Clarksburg, Maryland, in Fort Worth and Houston, Texas, in Saddle Brook in…

Mention the word ‘prospecting’ in polite circles and the image that immediately jumps to mind is that of a grizzly old man, ankle-deep in a stream panning for gold.  Just a few years ago, if you referred to ‘prospecting’ at…

The latest Pinkberry (310/299-2500 www.pinkberry.com) in New York City has recently opened on the street level of a recently renovated multi-level residential building on Spring St. at Mulberry St. It is the 17th unit for 4Sunkids Inc. (212/488-2501), the New…

In late August, Oakville, Ontario-based Tim Hortons Inc. and Miami-based Burger King Worldwide Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which the two companies will create a new global powerhouse in the quick service restaurant sector. With approximately $23-billion in system…

Global Franchise Group LLC, the Norcross, Georgia-based brand management and franchising company, has acquired Hot Dog on a Stick, a California-based concept with 78 corporate-owned stores and 14 franchise locations in the United States, as well as internationally in Brazil,…

Launched in 1991 as Andy’s Cheesesteaks & Cheeseburgers, the ‘50s-style diner Hwy 55 Burgers has just opened its 112th at 1201 S. Charles Blvd. in Greenville, North Carolina.  This is also the company’s first Hwy 55 Express, a new concept…

Later in the month, Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based East Coast Wings & Grill will enter the Georgia market with the first of five locations. The casual dining chicken wing franchise is opening a 5200 square foot eand cap unit in the…