Top Fast Food News

The Pie Hole, the Los Angeles based American pie and coffee shop, will be expanding to North Carolina in 2017, bringing its made-from-scratch sweet and savory pies to the East Coast. The Pie Hole has quickly grown in California due to successfully focusing on organic ingredients, mouthwatering flavors and tapping into a millennial concept. Real […]

Burger King restaurants are introducing a new, freshly-brewed BK Joe coffee blend nationwide with a 99 cents any size coffee deal for a limited time. The new BK Joe coffee blend has a bright taste and aroma with a new brewing method that results in hot, fresh coffee that hits the spot throughout the day. […]

Now is a great time for making important choices to improve or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Robeks Fresh Juices & Smoothies is here to make those choices easier with three new nutritious and delicious Fitness Resolution Smoothies, each focused around helping guests with their fitness goals. The new offerings are only available through March 19. […]

Wingstop, Inc., the award-winning wing concept with more than 900 locations worldwide, is now offering voice-activated ordering with menu item customization through Amazon Alexa. Starting Tuesday, wing fans can now feed their craving for flavor by speaking simple command prompts that will activate Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, Alexa, to place a new order, re-order from […]

Del Taco Restaurants is now offering the chance to substitute turkey in any menu item traditionally served with seasoned beef, meaning guests can enjoy all the flavor with 40 percent less fat. A popular turkey choice includes the brand’s best-selling menu item, The Del Taco, loaded with seasoned turkey, freshly grated cheddar cheese, crisp lettuce […]

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., the franchisor and operator of Popeyes restaurants, reported selected unaudited results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year which ended December 25. Popeyes Chief Executive Officer Cheryl Bachelder says, “We are pleased to report another year of strong growth for the Popeyes brand. We generated annual global same-store sales growth […]

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., the second largest Mexican-American quick-service chain by units in the U.S., operating restaurants under the name Del Taco, announced preliminary unaudited fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016 sales results ahead of its presentation at the ICR Conference. The fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016 ended January 3 consisted of […]

Yum China Holdings, Inc. and Taco Bell Corp. announced that they have opened the first Taco Bell restaurant in the second largest economy in the world: China. The inaugural restaurant is located near Shanghai’s landmark Oriental Pearl Tower in the Lujiazui area, the city’s central business district, and is Taco Bell’s latest international market entry […]

Bojangles’, the iconic restaurant famous for its hand-breaded, bone-in chicken, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits and Legendary Iced Tea steeped the old fashioned way, will premiere its innovative new restaurant design at a grand opening on January 11. Located at 2419 Laurens Road in Greenville, South Carolina, the new 3,900-square-foot restaurant boasts a variety of new features […]

CAVA, the rapidly expanding fast casual Mediterranean restaurant brand, announced the launch of its new app as the latest step in their use of technology to create personalized experiences for their customers. The app will allow customers to order ahead and reorder meals with just a few taps, pay ahead of time, pick up quickly, […]

McDonald’s Corporation announced Monday, along with CITIC Limited, CITIC Capital Holdings, and The Carlyle Group, the formation of a partnership and company that will act as the master franchisee responsible for McDonald’s businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong for a term of 20 years. The total consideration payable by the new company to acquire […]

Shake Shack Inc. announced that the board of directors has appointed Zach Koff to serve as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer. The company also announced that Jeff Uttz will retire as Chief Financial Officer in 2017. Koff has been leading operations at Shake Shack since the fourth Shack opened in Miami Beach. Zach has […]

Papa John’s International, Inc., announced the signing of a restaurant development agreement that will accelerate growth of the Papa John’s brand in the Boston market. 1630 Pizza Company LLC, which is owned and operated by two long-term franchisees, has signed a development agreement to open 25 units over the next five years. “We are excited […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced its New Year’s resolution: an online tool to help customers not just count calories, but make calories count. Chipotle is launching a dietary options page that shows which ingredients are right for specific individual needs, so that customers can build a specifically customized meal, no matter their dietary restrictions or preferences. […]

Good Times Restaurants Inc., operator of Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, a regional quick-service restaurant chain focused on fresh, high-quality, all-natural products, and of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, a full-service, upscale concept, announced that its Bad Daddy’s same store sales increased 2 percent in its fiscal first quarter ended December 27, 2016 over the […]

Argosy Private Equity and MTN Capital announced Tuesday the acquisition of a controlling stake in Rita’s Franchise Company, LLC based in Trevose, Pennsylvania (“Rita’s”) the world’s largest Italian Ice concept from Falconhead Capital. As part of the agreement, Kirk Griswold, founding partner at Argosy Private Equity, will join Rita’s board as chairman and Jeff Moody […]