Top Fast Casual News

The Pizza Press Kicks off 2018 with Franchise Expansion

The Pizza Press, a leading fast-casual, build-your-own pizza restaurant, has taken a bite out of the rapidly growing pizza category. Last year proved to be a record-breaking year as the brand reached a total of 84 awarded franchise units. The company aims to continue its growth momentum with plans to have 50 locations open in […]

PJ’s Coffee: ‘Sky is the Limit’ for Growth in 2018

PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans, a New Orleans-based coffeehouse, is gearing up for a strong 2018. As the brand celebrates its 40th anniversary, it aims to ramp up franchise expansion with plans to develop beyond the southeastern U.S. Following initial success with over 90 national and international locations, PJ’s Coffee is continuing momentum into the […]

Chipotle Raises its Prices Nationwide

Chipotle completed the final phase of its systemwide price hike, spokesman Chris Arnold confirmed to CNBC Wednesday. The fast casual chain increased prices 5–7 percent in select markets in April and November of 2017, and extended those upticks to the remaining 45 percent of stores this week. Before raising a few months ago, Chipotle had […]

R Taco Adds 2 Franchise Groups, Plots 7 New Locations

R Taco, a fast-casual street taco chain backed by Buffalo Wild Wings, announced the addition of two new franchise groups. The agreements will result in seven new locations across Arizona, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Taco Maumee, LLC, has signed a deal to open four R Taco locations in Maumee, Ohio; FT Wayne, Indiana; East Lansing, […]

Sweetfin Poke Creates Bowl Inspired by BØRNS

Sweetfin Poke and acclaimed Chef Dakota Weiss have teamed up with talented singer, songwriter, and long-time ‘Sweetfan’, BØRNS, to come up with an exclusive, unique poke bowl inspired by his latest album, Blue Madonna (which came out January 12. The result: a bowl that highlights some of BØRNS’ favorite Sweetfin toppings, seasonal vegetables and sauces […]

Fresh&co to Open 3 NYC Locations with Chelsea Piers in 2018

Fresh&co, New York’s homegrown farm-fresh eatery for health-conscious New Yorkers, announced that it will open three new locations in collaboration with Chelsea Piers in 2018. Debuting in the spring, the fast-casual restaurant group will bring its farm-to-desk experience to the Chelsea Piers neighborhood at Pier 60 and Pier 62 in Hudson River Park, as well […]

TA Restaurant Group Opens Fazoli’s in San Antonio

The TA Restaurant Group announced the opening of a new Fazoli’s restaurant located at I-10, Exit 583 (I.H.-10 East), in San Antonio, Texas. The new Fazoli’s will serve a delicious variety of classic Italian dishes, baked pastas, pizza, Submarinos sandwiches, entree salads and desserts— long with unlimited Fazoli’s signature garlic breadsticks. The restaurant dining room […]

Modern Market Opens 1st Campus Store at Notre Dame

Modern Market opened its first university campus location on January 15 in the Duncan Student Center at the University of Notre Dame. Modern Market serves artisan fare without the pomp—simple counter service with amazing, scratch-made food that nourishes the mind and body. The newest restaurant makes 27 total units for the company. Founders Anthony Pigliacampo […]

Fast Casual Flatbread Grill is Now Franchising

Flatbread Grill, the fast casual Mediterranean bakery and grill founded by the Esendemir Sisters in 2007, is now available as a franchise. Flatbread Grill, headquartered in the sisters’ hometown of Hoboken, NJ, will avail its franchise model to qualified operators interested in single or multi-location opportunities and regional territories all over the world. “My sisters […]

Teriyaki Madness Targets Dallas-Fort Worth for Expansion

Teriyaki Madness, one of America’s fastest growing fresh Asian fast casual concepts, is targeting Dallas-Fort Worth for expansion. With three existing units in the area, the company announced plans to open 20–25 additional locations through franchise partnerships and strategic development over the next five years. The new locations will create approximately 500 new jobs in […]

Rush Bowls Inks Multi-Unit Deal in Tempe and Denver

Rush Bowls—a fast-casual restaurant chain known for its meals-in-a-bowl crafted from the finest fruit, topped with granola and honey, and blended with protein, vitamins and other nutritious ingredients—signed a multi-unit franchise development deal for the brand’s first three restaurants in greater Tempe and three additional locations in Denver. Coming on the heels of the Rush […]

Chicago Entrepreneur Spins Ethnic Fast-Casual Brand

Through sheer will and focus on her cuisine’s healthy aspects, Mary Nguyen Aregoni created the conditions for a proliferation of her fast casual Vietnamese and Thai food. This month Aregoni just opened her fifth location offering the dishes of Saigon Sisters and Bang Chop Thai in Chicago’s Current Kitchen, a new concept on the lower […]

Coney Island Hot Weiner Shop Signs 1st Franchise Agreements

Coney Island Hot Weiner Shop, a Tulsa, Oklahoma favorite since 1926, announced the signing of its first franchise agreements to open up to 80 potential locations across Houston, College Station, and the Austin, Texas markets. This agreement taps SoTexBrand Management, LLC as lead Area Representative for the Houston counties of Harris, Ft. Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria […]

Teriyaki Madness to Open First Miami Location January 14

Teriyaki Madness, a Denver, Colorado-based fresh Asian grill, will soon open its first location in Miami. Local entrepreneur, Ty Latham, is opening the new Teriyaki Madness restaurant on January 14, located at 9025 Southwest 72 Place in Miami. Though Hurricane Irma threatened to prevent its opening, which was once set for mid-September, Latham persevered. Now […]

Fast Casual B.GOOD Signs Expansion Deal for Houston

B.GOOD, a fast casual restaurant with a locally sourced, wholesome menu, has signed a franchise development agreement to open 10 restaurants in the Houston, Texas, area, marking the brand’s first U.S. push beyond the East Coast. Under the agreement, LGNS Healthy Foods, LLC is expected to open its first B.GOOD restaurant in Houston in the […]