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The story behind the fast-growing sandwich chain Cheba Hut

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 04, 2024

A Deeper Dive: CEO Marc Torres joins the Restaurant Business podcast to talk about how the chain keeps customers after its pot-themed marketing gets them in the door.

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Arizona-based Wildflower acquired by Japan-based restaurant conglomerate for $28.2M

 By Lisa Jennings on Sep. 04, 2024

It's the second U.S. restaurant brand buy for Tokyo-based Create Restaurants Holdings, which also bought Il Fornaio in 2019.

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The former CEO of Jeni's Splended Ice Creams wants another bite of a growth chain

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 28, 2024

John Lowe has founded a private-equity firm that will target early-stage restaurant and consumer packaged goods chains, hoping to get them to the next level.

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How Angie's Food Concepts aims to become the Walmart of restaurants

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 27, 2024

Fast food has an affordability problem and Tony Christofellis, who co-founded the Salad and Go chain, believes he knows how to fix it.

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Everytable resets its table

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 23, 2024

Once hailed as a concept that cracked the code on offering healthy fast food at affordable prices, the Los Angeles-based chain has retrenched. What happened?

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Koo Koo Roo plans relaunch to tap lingering brand loyalty

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 22, 2024

The new owner of the defunct 36-year-old "home-meal replacement" chain says they loved it once, they'll love it again.

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Home Run Dugout to expand with $22.5M investment

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 19, 2024

The baseball-themed eatertainment concept's Series A funding round was led by Lagniappe Capital Partners, which is also a minority investor in Puttshack.

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Steve Ells' new Kernel takes major pivot: adding meat

By Lisa Jennings on Aug. 01, 2024

The initially plant-based startup concept created by the founder of Chipotle is evolving as it prepares for growth.

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Batbox hopes to become the Puttshack of baseball

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 30, 2024

An eatertainment concept out of Mexico with a high-tech baseball simulator has won a $7.3 million Series A funding round to launch growth across the U.S.

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How Pepper Lunch is breaking into the U.S. market

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 24, 2024

A Deeper Dive: Troy Hooper, CEO of the fast-casual Asian chain, joins the podcast to talk about the brand and how it plans to grow in the U.S.

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