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Heather Lalley

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Heather Lalley

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Emerging Brands

How a boozy brunch chain pushed through the pandemic

The Toasted Yolk Cafe is going head-to-head with others in its growing full-service breakfast-lunch category.

Workforce

Why Ted’s Fish Fry is shutting its doors for three days

The seven-unit, quick-service chain in upstate New York is making the expensive decision to give its overworked employees some paid downtime for their mental health.

Operations

Shake Shack updates its drive-thru plans

The fast-casual burger chain said it will open its first drive-thru in Maple Grove, Minn., instead of Orlando, as originally planned. Shake Shack said it intends to have 10 drive-thrus by the end of 2022.

Food

Judge tosses lawsuit claiming Subway’s tuna isn’t tuna

Subway called the suit “reckless and improper,” and a court found the plaintiffs did not adequately prove the sandwich giant had misrepresented the fish used in its sandwiches and salads.

Emerging Brands

Why bubble tea concepts seem to be popping up everywhere

The bright-colored drinks, studded with tapioca pearls, are social media darlings and the segment is growing fast. But will supply chain challenges get in the way?

Food

Sweetgreen embraces cauliflower in new fall menu

The fast casual is adding a new Buffalo Cauliflower side dish and a Curry Cauliflower bowl to its autumnal offerings.

Workforce

Why Raising Cane’s is enlisting HQ employees to recruit fry cooks and cashiers

Half of the fast-casual chicken finger chain’s Dallas-based corporate staff has deployed around the country to hire 10,000 new workers in 50 days amid a labor shortage that’s hitting operations as the company looks to open 100 stores next year.

Workforce

Chipotle could pay $8M under proposed settlement in overtime case

It would be the second such settlement this year for the fast casual, which agreed to pay $15 million in March to a group of workers who said they were wrongfully denied overtime pay.

Leadership

BurgerFi’s chief legal officer resigns

Ross Goldstein had been with the fast-casual burger chain for nine years. He receives 7,500 shares of BurgerFi stock as part of his exit package.

Marketing

With Facebook and Instagram down, restaurant marketers get creative

Chain social marketers from Dunkin’ to Cava delivered some humor to Twitter Monday to engage with customers during the outage.

Emerging Brands

Oath Pizza readies for a franchising push

The fast casual, with two former Chipotle Mexican Grill execs in its C-suite, said it doesn’t want to be the “Chipotle of pizza,” although there are some notable similarities.

Technology

Ghost kitchen All Day Kitchens raises another $65M

The company, which operates satellite kitchens for emerging brands in San Francisco and Chicago, said it plans to expand to Texas and Southern California.

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