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Heather Lalley

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Heather Lalley

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Financing

Shake Shack eases into recovery mode but is still well short of 2019 sales

Shake Shack plans to open up to 18 new restaurants during the first half of the year but its sales, especially at urban units, have yet to bounce back from the pandemic.

Financing

Pizza Inn, Pie Five parent continues to struggle

Rave Restaurant Group’s revenue and store counts keep shrinking, even as many chains experience a late-pandemic boost.

Leadership

Freddy’s Frozen Custard gets a new CEO in Chris Dull

Dull, who was president and CEO of Global Franchise Group, takes the fast casual’s helm from co-founder Randy Simon.

Financing

Sweetgreen’s newest investor is tennis star Naomi Osaka

Sweetgreen’s newest investor is tennis star Naomi Osaka.

Financing

Here’s how Cava plans to spend its $190M investment

Here’s how Cava plans to spend its $190 million investment.

Financing

Puttshack gets $60M investment

Puttshack gets a $60 million investment. The emerging food-and-indoor mini golf concept, from the founder of Topgolf, plans to open “multiple new U.S. locations” next year.

Financing

Cosi says a sped-up bankruptcy hearing is its ‘only realistic hope’

A judge granted Cosi's request for an expedited hearing so the fast casual can apply for Restaurant Revitalization Fund aid.

Leadership

Salsa Fresca hires a COO

Salsa Fresca hires a COO. The fast-casual Mexican concept has added Eric Friedman, with plans to double its unit count.

Emerging Brands

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

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.

Emerging Brands

Piada embarks on a growth-focused 'quest'

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

Food

Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park goes meatless

When the New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park reopens next month, it will only serve plant-based dishes, its chef announced Monday.

Leadership

BurgerFi taps marketing vet Henry Gonzalez as CMO

BurgerFi taps marketing vet Henry Gonzalez as CMO. Gonzales joins a number of new executives at the newly public burger chain.

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