After completing the acquisition of the CherryBerry and Yogli Mogli yogurt café concepts in January, in late February, Henderson, Nevada-based U-Swirl Inc. reported that its subsidiary, U-SWIRL International has acquired the business assets of Fuzzy Peach Franchising, LLC., a Wilmington,…
Papa John’s Expects to Continue Momentum in 2014
Based in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, the 30-year old Papa John’s Pizza chain of take-out and delivery restaurants presently operates over 4160 restaurants in all 50 states and in 34 countries. Over 3250 of these are both company-owned and franchised in North America.…
Que Opening in Diamond View III
Celebrity barbecue pitmaster Ed Mitchell and his son Ryan Mitchell will be opening a new barbeque restaurant at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, North Carolina in early April, according to reports in the News & Observer in Durham. The…
Aggressive Plans in Varied Formats
In late February, Atlantic City-based Tony Boloney’s opened its second location in Hoboken, a community in New Jersey’s Hudson County and part of New York’s Metropolitan area. The 1075 square foot street front unit is on First St. at Willow…
Sets Up for Franchising
Seattle, Washington-based Baristas Coffee Company, Inc. has launched the initial phase of national advertising specifically intended to highlight the success of the company’s business model and the opportunities for franchising and has filed all of the required documents and is…
Testing New VooDoo in March
VooDoo BBQ & Grill has confirmed that in March, it opens units in Boca Raton in Florida and in Kenner in Louisiana. These additions will bring the chain’s total to 19 with ten to15 more units planned in the next…
Expansion is Starting to Boil
In mid-February, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill opened a 6890 square foot freestanding restaurant at the Route 35 entrance of the Monmouth Mall located at 180 Route 35 in Eatontown in New Jersey. It’s the chain’s second New Jersey location having…
Serving Lunch and Non-Traditional Sites
Greensboro, North Carolina-based southern-style breakfast restaurant Biscuitville has unveiled its new look along with plans for a renovations program. And the restaurants, known for the made-from-scratch biscuits, has also asnnounced that it is introducing a new ‘Fresh Southern’ lunch menu…
Paying Like a Rock Star in the NE
The first Aroma Espresso Bar opened in downtown Jerusalem about 20 years ago and has grown to be a chain of more than 120 locations on three continents serving its gourmet coffee, fresh and healthy food. Aroma US presently consists…
The Elephant has Entered the Room
Okay, somebody is going to have to explain it to me. Our friends in Washington are suggesting that an increase in the federal minimum wage is in order. The plan is to increase the rate from $7.25 per hour to…