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Panera Bread has upped its expectations for new-unit growth and anticipates about 100 new units in 2011. In the second quarter, it cut the ribbon…

Phoenix will be home to Naked Pizza’s new corporate development and training hub. The all-natural pizza company, launched in 2009 as a franchise company, currently…

Alabama may soon become the fifth state for Mama Fu’s Asian House restaurants. The Austin, Texas, chain currently operates 13 locations in Arkansas, Florida, North…

An investment group led by former Hooters execs has signed a series of development deals for rival chain Twin Peaks. The agreements call for the…

Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream and Treatery are merging into one concept, which retains the Marble Slab name and integrates both chains’ products…

Upscale steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky is moving its corporate headquarters to Boston from Las Vegas to be closer to its financial backer, Hub private-equity…

Subway is continuing to test its bistro concept and the breakfast market. Some 16 units have opened since the first Subway bistro debuted in Washington,…

One of the critical realities of the foodservice business is that richer households buy a significant percentage of restaurant meals. And one of the unfortunately…

The total number of restaurants in Canada grew by 512 net units in 2010 to 72,721 total units, according to data from The NPD Group’s…

The run-up in gasoline prices and a worsening jobs outlook undercut three quarters of moderate gains in restaurant traffic that began summer 2010, according to…