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Emerging Brands

The owner of Cinnabon creates its first original concept (sort of)

 By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 08, 2025

The multi-brand franchisor GoTo Foods will launch its long-awaited Cinnabon Swirl concept next month, bringing together sister brands Cinnabon and Carvel with a menu of its own.

Emerging Brands

Here's the latest step in Craveworthy Brands' mission to hit $1B in sales in 5 years

 By Lisa Jennings on Mar. 12, 2025

Investor and NFL player Ndamukong Suh brings more than the Kinnamons brand to the table in this strategic deal. Both he and Craveworthy founder Gregg Majewski have something to prove.

Food

Portillo's Salted Caramel Spice Cake is ready to take on chocolate fans this fall

By Patricia Cobe on Sep. 13, 2024

Behind the Menu: The fast casual’s famous chocolate cake has a seasonal competitor—the first new cake flavor in 20 years.

Food

Popeyes sweetens its buttermilk biscuits with a flavor surprise

By Patricia Cobe on Aug. 05, 2024

Chocolate comes to an iconic baked good, plus cheesecake gets swirled with caramel and apple, to add up to two new desserts on the chicken chain’s menu.

Technology

Cinnaholic sues POS provider Revel over 'debilitating' outages

By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 26, 2024

The Atlanta-based cinnamon roll chain alleged that the tech provider knew about the flaws because other restaurants have had the same problems.

Food

KFC goes portable and poppable to grab the snacking generation

By Patricia Cobe on May 28, 2024

Behind the Menu: Bite-size Apple Pie Poppers, created to target customers' sweet spot, lend themselves to line extensions to expand the chain’s snack selections.

Food

How we all came to scream for ice cream

By Peter Romeo on May 02, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: 'Tis the season to break out the sprinkles and split a few bananas. Join us as we look at the origins of ice cream and how it evolved to the sales-driver it is today.

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.

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