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Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes

Financing

The owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Garden Fresh Restaurants opts for liquidation rather than reopening its buffet-centric restaurants due to coronavirus restrictions.

Financing

Why the downfall of Garden Fresh Restaurants is so maddening

The owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes was investing in units and planning an expansion. And then the coronavirus hit, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Financing

The owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes plans to declare bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on May 07, 2020

Garden Fresh Restaurants has hired bankruptcy counsel and says it sees “no way to operate” given FDA recommendations that buffets not open.

Financing

Is this the end of the buffet?

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 27, 2020

As restaurants reopen, many regulations explicitly forbid buffets and self-service. That could require massive changes at buffet concepts, or their end altogether, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

Top 500 Chains

Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Food

8 new menu items for the new year

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 15, 2019

Restaurants aim to feed consumers’ often conflicting desires as 2019 begins.

Top 500 Chains

Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes

Jun. 19, 2018

Ideation: Bright Sports on the Menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 07, 2007

Restaurant kitchens get creative with winter produce, adding bursts of color and flavor to the plate.

Consumer Trends

2012 trend book: Sustainability

Dec. 01, 2011

Sometimes big changes come in small packages. It might not seem like a big deal when Sterno cleans up the fuel that has warmed a million buffet pans. Or when a diner can consult their smartphone to find the source of the fish on their plate.

Technology

Tablets go back

By Sara Rush Wirth and Ed Rubinstein on Nov. 10, 2014

Much of the public buzz around tablets refers to front-of-house applications, whether in the hands of a server taking orders or atop a table, loaded with games and self-ordering capabilities for guests.

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