Heather Lalley

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

How are restaurants finding workers? Here’s a roundup of ideas we’ve encountered in our reporting and solicited from readers.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is the highest grossing fast casual on the latest Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report from Technomic.

Noodles & Company is seeing record average unit volumes. The fast casual reported AUVs of $1.35 million for April, a 13% leap over 2019.

BurgerFi regains Nasdaq compliance, reports sales decline. The better-burger chain saw same-store sales fall 5% during its fourth quarter and a 15% drop for fiscal 2020.

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