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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

Emerging Brands

5 things to know about: Southern Classic Chicken

 By Heather Lalley on May 25, 2021

How a 35-year-old fried chicken chain is getting prepped for franchising.

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Restaurateur Sam Fox is getting into the hotel business

 By Heather Lalley on May 25, 2021

Fox will own, operate and manage The Global Ambassador Hotel, slated to open in the fall of 2023, in Phoenix. His company, Fox Restaurant Concepts, was acquired by The Cheesecake Factory in 2019.

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Ground Round to give a beer concept a try

By Peter Romeo on May 25, 2021

A new spinoff called GR Kitchen & Taps will be paired with a hotel.

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Lettuce Entertain You is eyeing Florida as a big growth market

By Heather Lalley on May 25, 2021

The Chicago-based multi-concept operator has a couple of restaurants in the works in the Sunshine State, with the first up being an expansion of its Mediterranean restaurant, Aba.

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Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken hires its first CEO

By Heather Lalley on May 24, 2021

Josh Halpern comes to the two-unit fast-casual chicken chain from major beverage companies.

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IHOP readjusts its fast-casual strategy for a post-pandemic world

By Peter Romeo on May 19, 2021

The family dining chain originally targeted urban areas for its Flip'd concept but is now expanding that to include the suburbs.

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5 things to know about: Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken

By Heather Lalley on May 04, 2021

How Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken is finding success after its founder and CEO realized the concept’s complexity was setting franchisees up for failure.

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Piada embarks on a growth-focused 'quest'

By Heather Lalley on May 03, 2021

Piada Italian Street Food is shaking up the way it does business as it focuses on new unit growth.

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Famous Dave's parent wants to add more brands

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 20, 2021

BBQ Holdings is shopping for a breakfast, pizza or "saloon" brand that it can pair with Famous Dave's and its secondary sister, Granite City.

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What's the future of full-service concepts?

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 20, 2021

Restaurant Business Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo joins the Buzzworthy Brands podcast to discuss promising recent signs for on-premise brands, and how they'll be forever changed by the pandemic.

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