Heritage Foodservice Group has tapped Roger Jorgensen for its management team as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, overseeing the Fort Wayne, Ind., company’s finance teams in the U.S. and Canada, and supporting investment in future innovation. Jorgensen began his career with Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group as a business unit controller, and…

Despite its low profile, the North Carolina-based quick-service chain is finding its reputation on social media is leading to long lines for newly opened locations. Cook Out opened its first unit in Fredericksburg, Va., last May to lines of customers wrapped around the building, and similar anticipation was palpable for the area’s second unit, slated…

The Boston-based “better burger” chain is marking its fifth year in business by inking deals with five franchise groups to open 30 new outlets in major metro markets in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, North and South Carolina. Seven Wahlburgers are currently open, with three more slated to debut in Boston’s Logan Airport, Las Vegas and Philadelphia. To date, 12…

More than one in five restaurant operators say government is their No. 1 challenge, according to the National Restaurant Association. That charge was reiterated recently by the head of government affairs for a quick-service chain, who told Congress that excessive regulation is slowing entrepreneurial growth and job creation in the restaurant industry. At a July…

You can leave your heart in San Francisco, but don’t even think about leaving—let alone using—polystyrene foam coolers or packing peanuts. The city’s supervisors approved a measure in June that goes far beyond the prohibition on foam food carryout containers in effect in dozens of cities and counties. San Francisco’s new ban on “expanded polystyrene,”…

Ali Group and Scotsman Ice Systems are relocating their shared office space to new headquarters. The move, effective August 8, is to 101 Corporate Woods Parkway in Vernon Hills, Ill. “Our growth has been very exciting and more space is critical to continue to support that growth,” says Ali Group CEO Filippo Berti. “Our new…

Telepizza, the Madrid-based restaurant chain, announced its expansion plans for the UK, aiming to open over 80 franchises within the next 10 years. The 29-year-old Spanish chain is collaborating with Karali Ventures as its first key master franchisee there; the firm plans to open 80 stores. Telepizza, perhaps the largest non-U.S.-based pizza delivery company in…

Jollibee Foods Corp. will roll out 200 new stores in the Philippines this year, about 20% fewer than the 249 restaurants in opened in 2015. But Asia’s largest foodservice company says it also plans to build three new commissary facilities in Luzon, expand the capacity of its biggest commissary in Laguna, and set up two…

South Africa’s Famous Brands Ltd. is planning further expansion in the United Kingdom for its Debonairs Pizza and Steers quick-service chains. The company is seeking increased revenue from currencies other than the South African rand, and reviewing its licensing agreement in the Middle East as growth in the region has slowed. The South African rand…

Arby’s is planning 25 locations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over the next seven years, marking its first international expansion since 2010. The new restaurants will sell chicken items and substitute pork bacon with beef bacon. The sandwich chain’s first Kuwait unit will open this year. About 96% of Arby’s 3,322 restaurants are in the…