20 restaurant brands that unveiled new store prototypes this year, from KFC to Burger King to Chipotle
Quick-service, fast-casual and casual-dining restaurants were all impacted by the COVID pandemic, forcing a change in future store designs to accommodate more technology and less dine-in.
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Menu Tracker: New items from Chipotle Mexican Grill, Dunkin’ and Starbucks
Plus additions at Baskin-Robbins, Black Seed Bagels, Buca di Beppo, Clean Juice, Dutch Bros Coffee, Eureka!, Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria, Nekter Juice Bar, Shake Shack, Slaters 50/50, Smashburger, Torchy’s Tacos and Velvet Taco.
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McDonald’s changes franchise fees to redeploy millions toward employee support
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The chain reveals plan to end a $50 million a year subsidy paid to franchisees for Happy Meals; operators will also pay more for technology costs over 12 months; McDonald's plans to reallocate funds to fuel other programs such as support of restaurant employees.
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Applebee’s founder Bill Palmer has died
Cheesecake Factory pays $125,000 over SEC COVID-disclosure charges
Focus Brands COO and President Kat Cole will leave the company at the end of the year
Cole will be moving on from the Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon, and Jamba parent after 10 years at the company.
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Judge says Los Angeles officials must show evidence to support outdoor dining ban
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The California Restaurant Association inches closer to victory in its fight to overturn an outdoor dining ban in Los Angeles County; the order comes as cases surge in the state and Los Angeles, prompting Mayor Eric Garcetti to issue a targeted stay at home order that effectively halts dine-in within the city limits.
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‘Free-fall’: 10,000 restaurants have closed over the past three months, according to the National Restaurant Association
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More than 110,000 restaurants — or about 17% of the total restaurants in the country — have closed permanently or long-term during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Regional stay-at-home order in California means restaurants must revert back to delivery, takeout
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Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order Thursday for certain regions with high hospitalization rates; dine-in at restaurants in those jurisdictions will not be allowed for three weeks; regions impacted include Southern California and Northern California.
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President-Elect Joe Biden supports restaurant guarantees over loans
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Dan Jacobs, owner of DanDan in Milwaukee, Wis., says operators ‘worse off right now’ than in March, when COVID pandemic was declared.
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