Noodles & Company

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Noodles & Company rolls out plant-based Panko Chicken option

The Impossible Foods product is also featured in two new dishes following a successful market test earlier this year.

Financing

High chicken prices give Noodles & Company a headache

The noodle chain’s profits missed expectations as inflation ate into margins, but company executives believe that commodity prices have peaked.

The fast-casual chain has launched a new $7 menu, saying its customers have started demanding lower prices.

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The pasta chain, where half of all customers order a dish with chicken, is adding a temporary $1 surcharge to those items because of soaring protein costs.

The combined impacts of the delta and omicron surges cost the fast casual $8 million in estimated revenue from temporary closures and reduced hours during the fourth quarter.

LEANguini launched earlier this month, but Chef Nick Graff and his team spent two years on R&D to perfect the pasta.

The fast-casual chain released its first impact report Thursday, noting that both management turnover and hourly employee turnover have decreased.

The slowdown comes as the fast casual posted record average unit volumes and 16.3% same-store sales growth for its third quarter.

The fast-casual noodle chain is raising prices 3% starting next week, on top of 2.5% pricing taken earlier this year.

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