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Keke’s Wants to Become One of the Largest Competitors in Daytime Eating
(fsrmagazine.com - 7/18/2025)The Denny's-owned brand has started to spread to new states outside its Florida base ...
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CVS rebranding 49 Rite Aid, Bartell stores; dozens more may close
(seattletimes.com - 7/18/2025)July brought a little more clarity about what is sticking around, and what may be gone for good ... (full story)
‘Fat sandwich’ chain coming to downtown
(siouxfalls.business - 7/16/2025)Now, there are 31 locations in 13 states, with Sioux Falls becoming No. 32 and South Dakota No. 14 for the chain ...
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100 Days In, Church’s CEO Roland Gonzalez Has a Story to Tell
(qsrmagazine.com - 7/16/2025)Resurfacing growth, Church’s projects 34 franchise openings in 2025 as well as seven company (potential closures not factored in) ...
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Can Caribou Coffee Join the Beverage Growth Boom?
(qsrmagazine.com - 7/16/2025)Caribou projects 25 new corporate restaurants in 2025 and 12 franchised openings ... (full story)
Tide Cleaners Opens First-Ever SoCal Locations
(americandrycleaner.com - 7/16/2025)Tide Cleaners recently entered the Southern California area, opening new stores in Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Studio City and Valencia ... (full story)
Smoothie King Celebrates Record-Breaking Q2
(qsrmagazine.com - 7/16/2025)Smoothie King added 25 new store commitments across 12 states in Q2, with especially strong development in Georgia and Texas, each securing six new deals ... (full story)
Iconic Pizza Chain Is Forced to Close Most Locations
(gretasday.com - 7/15/2025)The New York Post has reported that a popular pizza chain has abruptly closed 15 more of its locations in the Midwest, while many more are at risk of closing down ... (full story)
Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream Sees Sweet Success in 2025 With Sales Growth ... and Store Expansion
(1851franchise.com - 7/15/2025)Chill-N plans to sign two to four more franchise agreements by the end of the year, with a focus on expanding in South Florida and exploring one additional state for development and nearly a dozen stores in the development pipeline ... (full story)
Yesway Accelerates Growth with Four New Allsup's Stores in Oklahoma and New Mexico
(prnewswire.com - 7/15/2025)Yesway, one of the nation's fastest-growing convenience store chains, continues its dynamic growth trajectory with the opening of four new-to-industry Allsup's stores in the second quarter of 2025 ... (full story)
Perkins Griddle & Go Announces 46 Units Sold in New Jersey
(morningstar.com - 7/15/2025)The company recently signed multi-unit franchise deals in Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties, selling out in all four markets ... (full story)
Five Locations and Growing, Cold Stone Creamery Eyes Philly as Hotspot for Franchise Opportunities
(prnewswire.com - 7/15/2025)Cold Stone Creamery plans to open six stores in two years and 10 over the next five years ... (full story)
Batteries Plus Charges Into Q3 Following 37 New Franchise Deals Since Start of 2025
(finance.yahoo.com - 7/15/2025)The leading battery and power solutions service center inked 37 new deals since the start of the year, including 20 in Q2 ... (full story)
Sprouts Farmers Market On Pace for Slew of Openings Before End of ‘25
(progressivegrocer.com - 7/15/2025)Sprouts Farmers Market set a course to open 35 new stores in 2025 and is well on its way ... (full story)
New owners opening four new True Religion stores — here's where
(chainstoreage.com - 7/14/2025)True Religion’s new owners have opened two new stores and have two more planned for fall openings this year ...
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H Mart readies arrival in Florida
(grocerydive.com - 7/14/2025)Along with the Florida store, H Mart has four other locations listed as “coming soon” on its website, with two each in California and Texas ... (full story)
Delaware’s First Dave’s Hot Chicken to Debut in Dover
(wboc.com - 7/14/2025)Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant chain Dave’s Hot Chicken is opening its first-ever Delaware location in Dover. ... (full story)
First CVS-converted Rite Aid opens in Newcastle amid pharmacy transition
(mynorthwest.com - 7/14/2025)The Newcastle location is one of 64 stores CVS is converting across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho ... (full story)
Yogurtland to add 15 new locations
(dairyfoods.com - 7/14/2025)Yogurtland has signed agreements with four ownership groups to open 15 new locations across California and Texas ... (full story)
Trader Joe's to open more than 30 new stores in the coming months: See the full list of locations
(wgrz.com - 7/14/2025)The grocery store chain added more than a dozen new locations to its "opening soon" website page over the last few months, now includes 31 store locations, which span across 18 states and the District of Columbia ...
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2 wildly popular restaurant chains opening 45 more locations
(al.com - 7/14/2025)Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, plans to open 40 to 45 restaurants ... (full story)
Reborn American Freight sees opportunities aplenty
(furnituretoday.com - 7/14/2025)The corporate team is managing its 29 stores, and it also entered into a licensing agreement with a retail group in Dallas, which currently operates some 30 American Freight stores, with plans for more ... (full story)
Layne’s Chicken Fingers Crosses Mid-Year Mark With 11 New Restaurants Opened ...
(restaurantnews.com - 7/14/2025)The Soon to be Famous™ chicken finger franchise passed the 30-unit mark, opening twice as many restaurants in the first half of 2025 as it did in all of 2024 ...
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Port of Subs Announces 20-Unit Deal in Eastern Virginia
(franchising.com - 7/14/2025)Port of Subs® proudly announces its latest development deal with 20 units expected to open across the Hampton Roads/Tidewater Area of Virginia ... (full story)
Sola Salons Expands Presence in Florida with New Openings
(franchising.com - 7/14/2025)Sola Salons wave of new locations opening in key FL markets including Orlando, Bonita Springs, and Lakeland ... (full story)
Target Opening New Stores Across 22 States. See Full List
(aol.com - 7/14/2025)Target is opening eight new stores in July and August as part of a larger effort to launch about 20 locations in 2025 and more than 300 in the next decade ... (full story)
Juice It Up! Continues 30-Year Anniversary Celebration With Exceptional ... Midyear Brand Momentum
(restaurantnews.com - 7/14/2025)Nine more stores scheduled to open this year and over 25 locations in the development pipeline, Juice It Up! is on pace to reach its 200-unit goal by 2028 ... (full story)
Wahlburgers Opens at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
(restaurantnews.com - 7/14/2025)Wahlburgers has arrived in the Aloha State with the opening of its newest location ... (full story)
Bojangles opens first Colorado location in Pueblo
(gazette.com - 7/13/2025)In total, 30 locations will come open in the West, with a majority in the greater Las Vegas area and 10 within TravelCenters of America centers ...
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The World’s BIGGEST Retailer Is Shutting Down Over 440 Locations: Utah & Nevada At Risk
(catcountryutah.com - 7/13/2025)While the official list of doomed locations hasn’t been released, folks in California, Nevada, and Utah might want to cross their fingers ... (full story)
T-Mobile US gets DOJ nod on UScellular deal after dropping DEI
(rcrwireless.com - 7/11/2025)The deal, announced in May 2024, includes most of UScellular’s wireless assets: customers, stores and roughly 30% of its spectrum holdings ...
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings: Strong Q1 Results and Robust Expansion
(ainvest.com - 7/11/2025)The company's growth was driven by the opening of a record 25 new stores, including 18 former Big Lots locations ... (full story)
Walgreens moves closer to being a private company
(chainstoreage.com - 7/11/2025)Walgreens Boots Alliance shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s pending acquisition by Sycamore Partners ...
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Famous fried chicken restaurant Zaxby's opening ‘several' locations in Chicago, suburbs
(nbcchicago.com - 7/11/2025)Zaxby's, Georgia's famous fast-casual, fried chicken restaurant is officially expanding into Illinois, with "several new restaurants" set to open in the Chicago area "within the next year" ...
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Nostalgic chain back from the brink as new restaurant opens in surprising location-after bankruptcy
(the-sun.com - 7/11/2025)HOOTERS chiefs are celebrating the opening of a new restaurant - just months after execs of the nostalgic restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy ...
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Publix is opening new stores: Here’s where
(fox5sandiego.com - 7/11/2025)Two locations are slated to open in Florida and a third in Georgia ... (full story)
Bassett outlines new store expansion and double-digit e-commerce growth while managing tariffs ...
(seekingalpha.com - 7/10/2025)The company plans to open new stores in Cincinnati and Orlando, with construction beginning in the fall and openings expected in Q1 2026 ... (full story)
Aritzia’s US Sales Jump as Expansion Southward Bears Fruit
(msn.com - 7/10/2025)Aritzia said its profit is being impacted by higher US tariffs. It expects to open 11 stores in the US this fiscal year ...
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Comcast Announces Plans to Open Two New Xfinity Stores in the Twin Cities
(finance.yahoo.com - 7/10/2025)Comcast announced plans to open two new Xfinity stores in the Twin Cities by the end of 2025 ... (full story)
Mr Gatti’s Pizza Makes a Comeback to Sanford, North Carolina After 20+ Years
(franchising.com - 7/10/2025)Mr Gatti’s Pizza is making its long-awaited return to Sanford, North Carolina, after more than 20 years ... (full story)
Homeland Stores’ parent company to close five locations
(supermarketnews.com - 7/10/2025)Company cites financial performance and weak outlook for four stores in Oklahoma, one in Georgia ... (full story)
Joybird continues store expansion, averting DTC business trap
(businessofhome.com - 7/10/2025)The digitally native millennial-centric brand just opened its 13th location—and is on its way to almost doubling that count in the next several years ... (full story)
Tween Retailer Claire’s Considers Bankruptcy for US Operations
(businessoffashion.com - 7/10/2025)Facing weak demand, increased import costs, and a significant debt burden, Claire’s Stores Inc. is contemplating bankruptcy for its US operations ...
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James Avery Artisan Jewelry Opens First Arizona Stores
(prnewswire.com - 7/10/2025)James Avery Artisan Jewelry has expanded into Arizona with the opening of two new stores ... (full story)
Asian supermarket giant 99 Ranch Market to open first NYC store in Flushing
(qns.com - 7/10/2025)A Main Street storefront in Flushing will house NYC’s first 99 Ranch Market ... (full story)
James Avery Artisan Jewelry Opens First Tennessee Store at West Town Mall
(prnewswire.com - 7/10/2025)James Avery Artisan Jewelry has expanded into Tennessee with the opening of a new store at West Town Mall in Knoxville ... (full story)
Mountain Mike’s Pizza Continues National Expansion With Tennessee Debut in Nashville Area
(restaurantnews.com - 7/10/2025)Three-Unit Deal Grows U.S. Footprint for Leading Family-Style Pizza Chain to Fifteen States ...
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Sunshine Ace Hardware goes big on brick-and-mortar strategy
(businessobserverfl.com - 7/10/2025)Sunshine Ace Hardware in Naples is opening at least three locations in Collier County this year, part of a focus on its in-store strategy ... (full story)
Grocer with 2k sites gains march over rivals by opening 36 stores in 12 states – see if new location
(the-sun.com - 7/10/2025)A GROCER with over 2,000 locations in the US is set to open another 36 across 12 states, as it marches towards its ambitious 2025 end goal ...
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Kura Sushi Delivers Strong Results Powered by Reservations, Growth, and Renewed Marketing Focus
(fsrmagazine.com - 7/9/2025)The brand met its goal of opening 14 outlets in fiscal 2025. Five more restaurants are currently under construction ... (full story)
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