Moe's Southwest Grill

Focus Brands CEO Jim Holthouser gets a tough introduction to restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2020

The former Hilton executive, who took the job two weeks before the pandemic hit, leans on his hotel experience, and sees parallels between the two industries.

Operations

Quality Restaurant Group becomes largest Moe’s Southwest Grill franchisee

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 10, 2020

The franchise group, which operates 200 Pizza Huts, acquired 67 of the fast-casual Mexican chain’s locations.

Food

As the queso wars heat up, Moe’s takes on Chipotle with freebies

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 03, 2020

A two-day giveaway is aimed to disrupt the debut of Chipotle’s new cheese sauce.

Operations

Investigation finds source of Focus’ data breach

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 04, 2019

Coding was inserted into the servers of Moe’s, McAlister’s and Schlotzsky’s to copy credit card information while on-premise transactions were being processed.

Technology

What’s next in restaurant technology?

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 11, 2019

Here are some predictions from this week’s FSTEC conference.

Leadership

Moe’s names former McDonald’s exec to top post

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 05, 2019

Erik Hess, who spent 25 years with the burger giant, replaces Bruce Schroder at the Focus Brands-owned fast casual.

Top 500 Chains

Moe's Southwest Grill

May 03, 2019

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