Just in time for the Holidays, full service restaurant Not Your Average Joe’s Kitchen & Bar entered the Rhode Island market with its first casual neighborhood restaurant on the pad at the Warwick Mall on Bald Hill Rd in Warwick. …
Merge Creates Giant
Earlier in the month, Houston, Texas-based food, equipment and restaurant supplies company Sysco Corp. and Rosemont, Illinois-based restaurant supply company US Foods Inc. announced an agreement to merge, creating a world-class foodservice company. The total enterprise value of the transaction…
Pie Five Pizza Heads for DC
In early December, The Colony, Texas-based quick casual pizza chain, Pie Five Pizza Co reported that it has awarded the rights for 38 franchise units in the Northern Virginia, Southern Maryland and the District of Columbia regions to ALC Hospitality,…
Chanticleer to Take Spoon Casual
Chanticleer Holdings Inc. has signed a binding Letter of Intent to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Dallas Spoon, LLC and Dallas Spoon Beverage, LLC, the companies that own and operate Spoon Bar & Kitchen in Dallas, Texas. Chef…
Bennigan’s Builds Dream Team
Neighborhood restaurant and tavern concept, Bennigan’s is preparing for a busy year with over 85 new restaurants in various stages of development for 2014 and on, the company has added to the infrastructure and management team at its global restaurant…
Fox Launches Juby True Juice Bar
Phoenix, Arizona-based Fox Restaurant Concepts has entered the juice bar market with a new concept and is planning to open locations in Georgia, Virginia and Massachusetts. Called Juby True, meaning Juice by True, the restaurant group opened the initial unit in…
North Georgia by Mid-2014
Earlier in December, Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint has signed development agreement with franchisee Briann Welborn that will see the fast casual pizza franchise to expand into North Georgia. Welborn plans to open three locations in the Cumming, Dawsonville and Gainesville communities…