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Emerging Brands

Emerging Brands

How Ggiata brings a bit of Jersey to Los Angeles

 By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 22, 2025

The founders of this hot fast-casual sandwich chain had no intention of opening a deli. Until they did.

Emerging Brands

Riko's Pizza hopes to build on its early success

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 22, 2025

The Connecticut-based tavern-style pizza chain that was created because its owner had some space to fill just hired a new president in Carl Bachmann and is intent on taking the next step.

Emerging Brands

Hy-Vee to close 79 Wahlburgers locations

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 21, 2025

The Midwestern grocery chain will transition its in-store restaurants back to its own Market Grille concept, erasing a huge chunk of the Wahlberg brothers’ burger empire.

Emerging Brands

P.F. Chang's has big plans for fast-casual spinoff Pagoda Asian Grill

By Joe Guszkowski on Jan. 17, 2025

The Asian casual-dining chain is testing the bowl and wrap concept in four locations and believes there is room for 2,000 of them across the U.S.

Emerging Brands

Call Your Mother wins significant strategic investment for expansion

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 13, 2025

The 15-unit "Jew-ish" deli has a rabid fan base in Washington, D.C. and Denver, and the co-founders are looking at new markets.

Emerging Brands

Emerging concepts to watch in 2025

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 02, 2025

It's too soon to say what the next hot thing will be next year, but these growing brands are worth keeping an eye on.

Emerging Brands

KFC puts chicken tenders and drinks forward with new Saucy concept

By Lisa Jennings on Dec. 18, 2024

Parent Yum Brands is spinning off its Original Recipe tenders with a format designed to capitalize on consumer love for dipping and creative beverages.

Financing

How to tell whether an emerging restaurant chain will be a long-term success

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 11, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Technomic’s David Henkes joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about the ingredients needed to produce a successful, growing restaurant chain.

Operations

Seattle sushi restaurant reopens after Keith Lee 'worm' incident

By Lisa Jennings on Dec. 03, 2024

FOB Sushi Bar's two units were closed for about two weeks after fans of the social media restaurant reviewer saw something move in his sashimi. But food safety officials have given the all clear.

Emerging Brands

How Fat Sal's was destroyed by fire, then reopened within 48 hours

By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 26, 2024

With a bit of luck and extraordinary effort, the fast-casual deli was able to move to a new location and save jobs.

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