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Big Chicken Enters Maryland With First Standalone Unit
Big Chicken's Gambrills opening at Waugh Chapel Towne Centre marks a deliberate move from venue-based awareness into tr…
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Wendy's Cuts Dividend, Pulls Outlook in QSR Turnaround Pivot
Wendy's Q2 2026 results reveal a 8.2% drop in U.S. systemwide sales and a net loss of 245 domestic restaurants year-to-…
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Yum China Buys Pizza Hut Brand Outright for $1.2 Billion
Yum China's outright purchase of the Pizza Hut brand in Mainland China ends a decades-long licensing arrangement and re…
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Epicurean Butter Acquired by Solina in Flavor Platform Deal
Epicurean Butter's sale to Solina positions the Denver compound butter brand as the European food solutions group's Nor…
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Post Holdings Trims FY2026 Outlook as Egg Pricing Tailwind Fades
Post Holdings reports Q3 FY2026 net sales of $1.9 billion, with Foodservice volumes up 4.3% even as avian influenza pri…
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Mr Gatti's Pizza Transfers Ownership to Franchisee-Turned-Investor
Mr Gatti's Pizza formally shifts control to franchisee-turned-primary-owner G. Brint Ryan, capping an 11-year turnaroun…
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Royalton Jamaica Relaunches With Experiential Family Package
Royalton Hotels & Resorts is betting that post-renovation Jamaica properties paired with a culturally anchored family p…
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Gibsons Restaurant Group Lands Nashville Anchor at 414 Union
Gibsons Restaurant Group has secured the ground-floor anchor at downtown Nashville's 414 Union Street development, mark…
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Freddy's Turns Loyalty App Into a Weekend Revenue Driver
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers activates a three-tier, app-gated pricing offer across 580+ locations, using a n…
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BeatBox Xtreme Sour Black Cherry Tests LTO Velocity
BeatBox Beverages debuted its Xtreme Sour Black Cherry LTO nationwide on August 1, stress-testing whether intense sour …
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PepsiCo Brings Alvalle Gazpacho to U.S. Refrigerated Aisle
Alvalle's U.S. debut at Whole Foods marks PepsiCo's clearest move yet into chilled, Mediterranean-style foods — a categ…
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Yakima Chief Hops Revamps E-Commerce With Shop-By-Lot Tool
Yakima Chief Hops redesigns its digital storefront to give commercial brewers in the U.S., Europe, and Canada direct lo…