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international expansion
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Fast Food Beats Fine Dining for the First Time in Satisfaction Index
Customer satisfaction with full-service restaurants is down 3.7 percent to a score of 78 (on a 100-point scale) in a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). This is the lowest score in more than 10 years – and the first time that full-service restaurants have been beaten by the fast-food category.
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Wing Zone Signs 50-Unit Deal in The Philippines
Wing Zone signed a major expansion deal to increase its international presence.
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Wingstop Eyes European Market
Wingstop Restaurants Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement with Lemon Pepper Holdings LTD (LPH). To open 100 locations in the UK over the next 12 years. The first unit is set to open by year’s end.
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Bennigan’s Growth Includes Second Qatar Unit
Bennigan's opened its second location in Doha, Qatar. It is the first American brand to open in Heritage Market Warka. The new restaurant serves the lunch, dinner and late night dayparts.
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Hooters Opens Two New Southeast Asia Units
Hooters opened two new locations in Southeast Asia, Hooters of Singapore – Fusionopolis and Hooters of Jakarta in Indonesia.
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Cantina Laredo Debuts Qatar Unit
Cantina Laredo, a renowned Dallas-based Mexican restaurant, is set to open its first location in Doha, Qatar, this summer when it opens at Al Shoumoukh Tower.
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Texas Chicken Opens in Oman
Texas Chicken announced that it has opened its first restaurant in Oman.
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Hooters Announces Move into Baltics
Hooters of America has inked a franchise agreement with new partner Hooters Baltics to open restaurants in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the company's first move into that region.
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5 Consumer Dining Expectations in Mexico for 2017
Consumer meal choices in Mexico are shaped by busy lifestyles, according to a new study by Culinary Visions Panel. Over 1,000 Mexican consumers were surveyed about their attitudes and behaviors related to meal choices.
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Umami Burger Opens First International Location
Umami Burger recently opened its first International location in Tokyo, Japan.
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Hooters Continues Expansion in Asia
Hooters of Singapore — Marina Bay opened in February, led by franchisee Destination Properties Group, a Hooters 2015 Developer of the Year.
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Nestle Toll House Cafe Expanding in Middle East
Nestle Tollhouse Cafe by Chip announced multiple new store openings and construction in the Middle East.
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Cowboy Chicken Goes from Kitsch to Cool with New Prototype
When Dallas-based Cowboy Chicken launched its franchise program in 2009, the company set a goal of growing into first a regional and then a national brand. The chain’s menu, featuring wood-fired rotisserie chicken, fit right in with the growing fast-casual sector and a burgeoning consumer desire for wholesome, authentic food.
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Soulman's Moves into Franchising With Design Tweaks
“Low and slow” is the mantra for cooking delicious Texas-style barbecue. One Dallas-based barbecue concept is taking a similar approach to its expansion. Fourteen-unit chain Soulman’s Bar-B-Que first opened its doors in 1974 but has only recently opened its first franchised store.
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Dairy Queen Announces South Korea Expansion
International Dairy Queen has signed a deal to open up 50 DQ Grill & Chill locations in the Republic of Korea over the next five years.
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Dairy Queen Announces South Korea Expansion
International Dairy Queen has signed a deal to open up 50 DQ Grill & Chill locations in the Republic of Korea over the next five years.
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Johnny Rockets Enters Italy
Burger chain Johnny Rockets announced it has opened its first location in Italy.
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Del Taco Announces Strong Results from Brand Refresh
Lakewood, Calif.-based Del Taco announced a 6.7 percent increase in same-store sales for the third quarter of 2016, a jump that it attributed in large part to its UnFreshing Believable 2.0 brand refresh campaign.
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Hot Harry’s Finds its Place with Redesign
Good food alone won’t turn a franchise into a roaring success. To succeed, an operation needs a solid franchisee support system and, of course, a design that compliments the overall concept. Founded in 2004, Pittsfield, Mass.-based Hot Harry’s Fresh Burritos is a fast-casual concept that proves the point. The chain has been franchising for several years, but has never had more than a handful of stores.
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Former Trotter Chefs Open Smyth + The Loyalist in Chicago
Former Charlie Trotter Alums and Chefs John and Karen Shields opened their first Chicago restaurant in the West Loop neighborhood. The dual-concept Smyth + The Loyalist features a tasting menu, finer dining restaurant (Smyth) with 40 seats upstairs with a more casual, 80-seat restaurant and bar (The Loyalist) downstairs.
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Playful, Nostalgic Mabel’s Is Smokin’ in Cleveland
When news leaked that the Italian restaurant next to Lola, the flagship restaurant of Michael Symon Restaurants (MSR) in Cleveland, might be going up for sale, Symon and his team got busy.
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Toll House Opens Zoo Location
Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip has expanded its portfolio of nontraditional locations by opening a store in the San Diego Zoo.
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Acapulco Restaurant Y Cantina Goes to the Beach
A new prototype forsakes the Mexican restaurant cliches and provides guests with the feeling of being on a beach vacation.
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Kitchen Incubators
Gone are the communal commissaries or simple shared kitchens of years past. They have been replaced by fully integrated, meticulously designed kitchen incubators. In these spaces, small food businesses and professionals can work side by side with kitchen ownership, sharing best practices, sparking new ideas, pooling resources and knowledge as well as supplies, marketing and more. These incubators continue to become
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Drive-Thrus
Organizing systems to speed throughput, maintain quality and improve accuracy determines drive-thru success.
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Applebee's Opens First Philippines Location
Casual dining chain Applebee's opened its first restaurant in the Philippines. Located in Metro Manila, the restaurant is the first of three currently planned with franchise partner Global Restaurant Concepts, Inc., which also operates seven IHOP restaurants in the Philippines.
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Restaurant Chains Are Going Global, Here's How
For brands looking to expand into international markets, location should almost be last on the list of considerations. While hot international growth markets such as Canada, the Middle East and parts of Asia remain attractive, it’s their correspondence to other factors that make a successful transition.
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Spain’s 100 Montaditos Expanding in New York
Huelva, Spain-based 100 Montaditos, a chain whose menu features 100 versions of the popular small Spanish sandwich called the Montadito, is expanding its presence in the New York area through its first U.S. franchise relationship.
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Upscale Mexican Bodega Negra Opens in New York
Bodega Negra, an offshoot of the popular London restaurant known for its menu of upscale Mexican fare, has opened in New York's Dream Downtown hotel.
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UAE’s Just Falafel Heads to North America
Just Falafel, a 46-unit QSR chain based in the United Arab Emirates, has announced plans to expand to the United States and Canada.
