Chain: Newk's Eatery

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 experience. Newk’s also passed $100 million in sales for the […]

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, Lobster Crab Bisque, Mushroom Bisque, and Ultimate Crab. Monday and Wednesday feature Broccoli […]

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 years after our first location opened in Mississippi,” says Chris Newcomb, co-founder, president, and CEO […]

Newk’s Centralizes 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 PeopleMatter HIRE and PeopleMatter LEARN to manage all of their people, processes, and paperwork online in one place. “With our experience leading and growing Newk’s Express Cafe, we recognize that our employees […]

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. “We are incredibly excited to open our 40th restaurant, and to open it in a brand new state is even better,” says Chris Newcomb, co-founder, president, and […]

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, ripe roma tomatoes, bacon, and jalapeno. “The Newk’s ‘Q’ Pizza is the perfect translation of our […]

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 restaurants to 50 […]

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. Newk’s partnered with Franchise Dynamics, one of the country’s leading full-service franchise sales outsourcing […]