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Dessert

Operations

Cinnabon and Carvel are about to have a baby

 By Lisa Jennings on Mar. 18, 2024

The new Cinnabon Swirl concept from GoTo Foods will debut in Hawaii this summer, with a second unit coming to Oregon. It's a mashup brand with its own identity as the multi-brand restaurant franchise platform promotes more co-branding.

Technology

Crumbl Cookies launches an app for Apple's Vision Pro headset

By Joe Guszkowski on Feb. 12, 2024

Customers will be able to order cookies with their eyes thanks to Apple’s cutting-edge “spatial computing” technology.

Marketing

PFG blurs the line between proprietary and big-brand products

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 31, 2024

The distributor announced a deal this week to co-brand items from its in-house Sweet Encore dessert line with the Hershey name.

Food

Fast-casual Brine pays homage to the Pop-Tart with launch of first dessert

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 28, 2024

Behind the Menu: Chef-partner Joseph LoNigro highlighted all the best parts of the iconic toaster pastry to create a signature, scratch-made treat that’s easy to execute in a limited kitchen.

Food

Build hype for the dessert menu—without hiring a pastry chef

Sponsored content from our partner Krusteaz Professional on Jan. 26, 2024

As staffing shortage cause operators to shrink their menus—especially the dessert menu—speed-scratch products can help revive the sweets selection. Learn more about how ready to bake batters can help operators expand their dessert offerings.

Food

Subway's footlong cookie gets a spot on permanent menu in 2024

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 29, 2023

Eager fans can have a first bite at select locations on Dec. 4, National Cookie Day.

Operations

The Cheesecake Factory to open a third bakery facility

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 25, 2023

The 37-acre site in southern Indiana will help support the brand’s key dessert business as it opens more restaurants.

Food

Benefits of using pre-prepped ingredients to alleviate back-of-house stress

Sponsored content from our partner Krusteaz Professional on Oct. 20, 2023

As operators continue to deal with labor challenges, speed-scratch ingredients can help save time and labor while making menu expansion easy.

Food

How Crumbl Cookies creates its weekly rotating menu

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 05, 2023

Behind the Menu: The fast-growing chain has developed hundreds of recipes in its history using a robust testing process and considerable customer feedback. But most cookies never return to the rotation.

Marketing

'Ain't that a dilly!': How Dairy Queen became a small-town favorite

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 08, 2023

Restaurant Rewind: Some of the biggest chains in the restaurant business are targeting small burgs as their next avenues of growth. That strategy is far from new for the pioneer of the soft-serve market.

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