May 25, 2013

Newk's Express Cafe

Newk's Digs Into Pair of Mac and Cheese LTOs

Newk’s Express Café has added two new macaroni and cheese dishes to the menu for a limited time. The fast-casual restaurant is offering Four Cheese and Pimiento with Bacon as side dishes or entrees through the spring.

The four-cheese version contains macaroni noodles blended into a...

Newk's Express Cafe Sees Big Year in 2012, Growth in 2013

Newk’s Express Café, which passed 50 total restaurants and entered several new markets in 2012, had a big year.

The fast-casual restaurant is ready to compound on this growth in 2013 with plans to open 10 new locations and sign additional multiunit operators with restaurant...

Newk's Express Café Debuts Fall Soup Schedule

Fall is in the air at Newk’s Express Café, which has launched its new seasonal soup schedule.

The new schedule includes the following soup options: Broccoli Cheese, Chicken Noodle, Tomato Basil, White Bean Chicken Chili, Lobster Bisque, Loaded Potato, Newk’s Signature Chili,...

2012’s Best Franchise Deals
July 2012
Newk’s Express Café Opens 50th Location

Newk’s Express Café will open its 50th restaurant Monday, April 16, in Jacksonville, Florida. The restaurant, located at 9047-1 Southside Blvd., is the company’s first in Jacksonville and third in Florida.

“We are ecstatic about opening our 50th restaurant only eight...

Newk’s Centrazlies HR Process with PeopleMatter

Newk’s Express Café today announced plans to use the PeopleMatter Platform to streamline its HR processes. Corporate-owned locations of Newk’s Express will implement...

Newk’s Sets Up Shop in Arkansas, Bringing Total to 40

Newk’s Express Café will open its 40th restaurant Monday, Oct. 31, at 1412 Higdon Ferry Rd. in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It will be the company’s first Arkansas location.

Q the Pizza at Newk’s Express Café

Newk’s Express Café will introduce the Newk’s “Q” pizza Oct. 17. The pizza will be available in all restaurants for eight weeks. The Newk’s “Q” pizza is topped with Newk’s signature white barbecue sauce, chicken, mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese...

Newk’s Express Café Plans Major Expansion

Newk’s Express Café is on pace to exceed its expansion plans for 2011. The company has already signed 35 agreements for new locations in 2011. It has opened six restaurants so far this year and will open at least 14 more by the end of 2011, bringing the total number of Newk’s...

Newk's Has Already Awarded 24 Franchise Units This Year

Newk’s Express Café has started 2011 with a bang, awarding 24 new franchise locations in the first quarter. Four separate groups have committed to opening restaurants in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida; Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana; Atlanta; Michigan; and Virginia.

How to Fix the 'Blind Spots' Everyone Else Sees
February 2011

Chris Newcomb, cofounder, president, and CEO of Newk’s Express Café, would have called himself an understanding manager. His two co-owners, however, would have described it differently—something along the lines of too forgiving.