Restaurant Traffic and Sales Improve After Four Slower Weeks

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The restaurant industry had the best week it’s had in four weeks, according to Black Box Financial Intelligence’s latest Restaurant Industry Performance Pulse.

Greenwald Sales and Marketing To Represent Front of the House

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Greenwald Sales and Marketing is now representing Front of the House.

Restaurant Job Growth Stalls After Increasing Most of the Year

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For the first seven months of the year, the restaurant industry saw gains of nearly 200,000 jobs a month, but that growth appears to have leveled off in August and September.

El Pollo Loco’s Former CEO Moves to Zaxby’s

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After resigning from El Pollo Loco as CEO earlier this month, Bernard Acoca has landed a new executive position as CEO of Zaxby’s.

TGI Fridays Rolls Out Digital Brand Krispy Rice, With More To Come

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TGI Fridays is betting on digital brands. Last month, the restaurant rolled out the virtual brand Krispy Rice in Orange County, Calif., and Maryland, and it’s not stopping there.

New Wing-Frying Robot Is Headed to Buffalo Wild Wings

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Brands like White Castle and CaliBurger have been getting assistance on their burger and fry lines from robots, and now Buffalo Wild Wings will be getting help from a new iteration of the technology that’s entering the market to help cook chicken wings.

IFMA Names New CEO

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The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association has tapped industry veteran Phil Kafarakis as its new president and CEO.

MUFES 2022 Is Right Around the Corner

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From learning about the latest in virtual kitchens to hearing how restaurants are changing to meet new customer needs, Foodservice Equipment Reports’ Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium (MUFES) 2022 has it all. Registration is open now. 

New Podcast: Halloween Edition – Answering a Call at a Haunted Kitchen

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One Clark Service Group regional supervisor talks about the time he answered a service call at a Pennsylvania nursing home. To his surprise, employees pointed to a ghost as the reason for an oven’s faulty pilot light.

Papa John’s COO Is Leaving the Brand

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Papa John’s announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its COO, James Norberg, is leaving the company.