The fast-casual marketplace keeps growing because it is full of niches. For every concept that falls short, three new concepts seem ready to jump in and take its place. Here are eight diverse fast-casual brands with fewer than eight locations, but with visions of going big.
Taste Tracker: Taco Bell goes all in on chicken; Culver’s gets a bacon upgrade; shrimp comes to Zaxby’s; and pastels trend at Krispy Kreme and Baskin-Robbins.
Standard AI CEO Jordan Fisher and co-founders Brandon Ogle and Daniel Fischetti are joining the delivery company as it makes a bigger push into artificial intelligence.