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Freddy's x Hershey LTO Strategy: What 600 Units Are Doing
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers activates a branded-ingredient partnership with The Hershey Company across 600-p…
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Bottled Water Holds Top Beverage Preference Among U.S. Consumers
Bottled water's sustained lead in U.S. consumer preference reinforces a durable shift in beverage purchasing behavior t…
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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Rolls Out Holiday Menu With Loyalty-First Drop
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's holiday launch pairs a sold-out Tiramisu series with a Paul Frank merch collab and a new Baris…
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Wendy's Fields $7.35/Share Buyout Bid from Trian-Led Group
Wendy's independent board committee is evaluating the Trian-led investor group's cash offer as CEO Bob Wright presses a…
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Harris Teeter's Round-Up Campaign Tops $14M Since 2005
Harris Teeter's annual checkout round-up program raised more than $820,000 in 2025 alone, with every dollar staying loc…
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Paris Baguette Hits 30 Texas Units With Missouri City Open
Paris Baguette's Missouri City debut marks a franchise milestone for the bakery café chain, which is targeting 1,000 No…
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Cliffbreakers Launches Tiered Wedding F&B Packages
Cliffbreakers Event Center at Riverview Inn and Suites introduces Silver, Gold, and Diamond wedding packages priced $60…
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Wild Turkey Ties $101K Donation to On-Premise November Push
Wild Turkey's new annual giveback program channels $101,000 to food-recovery nonprofit The Farmlink Project while activ…
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VIA Certifies 27 Italian Wine Ambassadors in New York
Vinitaly International Academy's 36th certification cohort draws 36 wine professionals to a two-day New York program, e…
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Stop & Shop Hits 300 Schools in Food Pantry Network
Stop & Shop has scaled its in-school pantry network to 300 locations across the Northeast, making it one of the largest…
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KPM Analytics Launches AI-Guided NIR Calibration for Food Labs
KPM Analytics' UCAL 5 platform brings automated compliance checking and side-by-side calibration comparison to food, fe…
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P.F. Chang's Overhauls Bar Program With Celebrity Wine Tie-In
P.F. Chang's restructures its beverage program around flavor-profile navigation, a $15 Sushi & Sip Happy Hour, and a ce…