- Slim Chickens Announces New Restaurant in Henderson, Nevada
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/28/2025) Slim Chickens, a leading fast casual franchise in the better-chicken segment featuring dine-in and drive-thru service, announced today its new restaurant in Henderson ... (full story)
- Donatos Pizza Continues Growth Success in Texas Unveiling Houston Franchise Deal
(finance.yahoo.com - 1/28/2025) The brand is set to expand with the opening of three new locations, the first of which is slated to open in 2025 ... (full story)
- LEGO set to bring creativity to Huntsville with new store opening
(rocketcitynow.com - 1/28/2025) This location will be the only official LEGO store in the state ... (full story)
- Brian Niccol's plan for Starbucks: More Starbucks
(restaurantbusinessonline.com - 1/28/2025) As for the location count, Starbucks doubling its domestic, company-operated store count would add more than 11,000 coffee shops to the 18,000 the chain already operates ... (full story)
- Pizza Guys Rides Growth Into 2025 with New Deals and Openings
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/28/2025) With ten new franchisees, eight new locations and welcome TX to the Pizza Guys Family, setting the stage for further expansion ... (full story)
- Raising Cane's opens Lincoln Park spot amid Chicago expansion plans
(axios.com - 1/28/2025) Raising Cane's is one of the fastest-growing chains in the U.S., operating in over 30 states with plans to add over 100 restaurants this year nationwide ... (full story)
- Mr Gatti's Pizza Reflects a Year of Growth and Community Commitment as Expansion Continues
(prnewswire.com - 1/28/2025) Another 23 locations are already under construction and are set to begin opening during the first and second quarters of 2025. Mr Gatti's expects to open 10 new Family Entertainment Centers (FECs) in 2025 ... (full story)
- New Year, Next Level: How Ziggi's Coffee Sets the Bar for Growth and Innovation
(franchising.com - 1/28/2025) The company plans to open an additional 30+ new stores in 2025, adding new cities and states by the end of the year ... (full story)
- Dogtopia Celebrates Year of Innovation, New Technology and Strengthened Leadership
(franchising.com - 1/28/2025) After a substantial investment in developing and rolling out its new proprietary technology, the company will be shifting focus back to basics: driving single-unit economics and growing average unit volume while opening up to 30 new locations in 2025 ...
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- Fox Restaurant Concepts Bringing Another Brand To The Area
(whatnownashville.com - 1/28/2025) This will be the first Tennessee location for the health-based fast-casual chain, which currently has locations open in 13 states, with a strong presence in Arizona and Texas ... (full story)
- Guy Fieri Is Back in New York With a New Restaurant, Opening Soon
(msn.com - 1/27/2025) The Times Square Chicken Guy! is one of 25 or so locations open or opening soon around the country ... (full story)
- Wing It On! Signs Two Franchise Agreements in Illinois
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/27/2025) Wing It On! announced two newly signed franchise agreements that will bring additional locations to Illinois ...
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- Sharp Real Estate Strategy Is Steering Growth at Hot Head Burritos
(franchisetimes.com - 1/27/2025) Unit growth is at the forefront of Hot Head’s objectives, as it looks to reach the 100-unit milestone by the end of this year ... (full story)
- Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii bringing Aloha spirit to NJ
(njbiz.com - 1/27/2025) The 32-plus unit brand currently has more than 100 cafés in various stages of development across the U.S. Within New Jersey, it aims to launch 10 to 12 shops over the next three to five years ... (full story)
- Fondue restaurant chain targets Lansing, Ann Arbor, Canton markets for new locations
(hometownlife.com - 1/27/2025) Melting Pot, a chain that opened its first location in Florida in 1975, has identified Lansing, Ann Arbor and Canton as markets to expand into in 2025 ...
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- Krispy Krunchy Chicken outlines 2025 growth plans
(cstoredive.com - 1/27/2025) The fried chicken brand opened just over 600 locations in 2024 and expects to beat that number this year while also improving e-commerce efficiency ...
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- ‘One of the hottest brands in fashion’ is coming to Highland Park
(dallasnews.com - 1/27/2025) A fashion brand with strong growth is set to open a boutique in Texas, and it will plant the store in Dallas ...
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- CC’s Coffee House Announces New Era of Growth with Launch of Franchise Strategy
(bizneworleans.com - 1/24/2025) CC’s Coffee House, the iconic New Orleans, Louisiana-born coffee brand cherished throughout the state, announces a strategic franchise growth plan. (full story)
- Salata Salad Kitchen Signs Multi-Unit Agreement to Officially Enter South Carolina Market
(franchising.com - 1/24/2025) Salata Salad Kitchen has signed an agreement for three restaurants to officially enter South Carolina ... (full story)
- Former Denny’s Owner Returns to Breakfast Category With Another Broken Egg Cafe
(franchisetimes.com - 1/24/2025) A trio of entrepreneurs will open three Another Broken Egg units in St. Lucie and Martin Counties, just north of Fort Lauderdale ... (full story)
- STORE SURGE Sheetz CEO reveals ‘big plans’ as chain confirms it will add up to 60 locations
(the-sun.com - 1/24/2025) The CEO of the popular convenience store chain announced intentions to expand in one state, opening up to 60 stores ...
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- PCHI Enters into Agreement to Sell Party City® Brand and Related Amscan® Operating Assets to ...
(morningstar.com - 1/24/2025) Party City Holdco Inc. announced that it has entered into a stalking horse agreement to sell substantially all of its intellectual property and related wholesale operating intangible assets to New Amscan PC, LLC, an affiliate of Ad Populum, LLC, as part of the Company's Chapter 11 process ... (full story)
- Container Store Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy in Take-Private Deal
(finance.yahoo.com - 1/24/2025) The Container Store won court approval to exit bankruptcy a little more than a month after filing Chapter 11 and to enact a lender-backed plan to cut its debt and provide the retailer with fresh capital to withstand the post-pandemic sales lull ... (full story)
- Hot Head Burritos Sizzles in 2024, Looks Ahead to Continued Success
(restaurantnews.com - 1/24/2025) In the year ahead, the Ohio-based brand will continue expanding its footprint with six new locations already in development ... (full story)
- Tijuana Flats exits bankruptcy ready for growth
(fastcasual.com - 1/24/2025) Since exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Tijuana Flats has reduced its debt, improved profitability and created a more efficient operation, said CEO Jim Greco ...
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- The Newest Flying Biscuit Café in Texas Breaks Opening Week Records
(fsrmagazine.com - 1/23/2025) Throughout the rest of 2025, new markets include Spartanburg, S.C., Huntsville, Ala., Knoxville, Tenn., Tallahassee, Fla. and Jonesboro, Ark ...
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- Love’s to Add 20 New Travel Stops in 2025
(cspdailynews.com - 1/23/2025) The Oklahoma City-based travel stop chain plans to start construction on 20 new stores this year and begin updating 50 existing locations ... (full story)
- Brace yourself: A Buc-ee's travel center is coming to Oak Creek
(tmj4.com - 1/23/2025) Oak Creek says its Buc-ee's location will be the first in Wisconsin ... (full story)
- Dutch Bros Finds Right Strategies to Boost Growth and Guest Satisfaction
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/23/2025) Dutch Bros plans to open at least 160 stores in 2025, including No. 1,000 next month in Orlando ... (full story)
- SpartanNash to close 4 supermarkets
(grocerydive.com - 1/22/2025) The closures, which involve three Family Fare locations and a VG’s Grocery store ... (full story)
- Batteries Plus Celebrates Record Growth in 2024, Sets Ambitious Goals for 2025
(abc27.com - 1/22/2025) Batteries Plus has set ambitious goals for the year ahead, aiming to achieve 50 new signings and open 30 additional locations nationwide ... (full story)
- Maine’s only Cracker Barrel location closes after 15 years
(wabi.tv - 1/22/2025) The restaurant chain confirmed in a statement that the South Portland location struggled to overcome post-pandemic difficulties, among other challenges
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- Hy-Vee Says Good-bye to Wahlburgers Restaurants
(khak.com - 1/22/2025) Hy-Vee announced all in-store Wahlburger locations will transition back into Hy-Vee Market Grille locations ...
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- Teriyaki Madness Sizzles into the New Year with 68 New Units Signed and 35 New Shops Opened
(restaurantnews.com - 1/22/2025) Teriyaki Madness is ready for even more growth in 2025, with plans to cook up nearly 200 open shops by year-end! ... (full story)
- First Utah Layne’s Chicken Fingers Location Set to Celebrate Grand Opening in Clearfield on January
(restaurantnews.com - 1/22/2025) The Clearfield restaurant is one of many in the Layne’s pipeline, but it is the first in Utah ... (full story)
- JINYA Ramen Bar Opens 70th Location
(restaurantnews.com - 1/22/2025) JINYA Ramen Bar is celebrating an exciting milestone with the Grand Opening of the newest Houston-area location, marking the brand’s 70th location nationwide and 17th across the Lone Star State ... (full story)
- IMAGE Studios Caps a Year of Unstoppable Growth; Climbs the Ranks in Entrepreneur Magazine ...
(morningstar.com - 1/22/2025) The brand has set ambitious goals for 2025, including opening 35 new stores and expanding its footprint into several new markets to further expand its reach ... (full story)
- Smoothie King targets 100 openings in 2025
(restaurantdive.com - 1/22/2025) Smoothie King expects to open over 100 units this year, surpassing the 84 new stores it opened in 2024 and the 81 it opened in 2023 ... (full story)
- Books Inc. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; 174-year-old chain to close Berkeley store
(msn.com - 1/22/2025) Books Inc. announced it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California ...
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- Court approves sale of 28 American Freight stores
(furnituretoday.com - 1/22/2025) Franchise Group, owner of Top 100 American Freight, received a judge’s OK to sell 28 of its American Freight stores as part of its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings ... (full story)
- Walgreens will close 450 stores in 2025. Are AZ stores on the list? What to know
(azcentral.com - 1/21/2025) Since the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 in November 2024, Walgreens has closed 70 stores, will close another approximately 450 stores by the end of August ... (full story)
- BJ's reaches milestone with first Kentucky club
(chainstoreage.com - 1/21/2025) BJ’s Wholesale Club is gearing up to open its first store in the Bluegrass State ...
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- Taziki’s Wraps Up Innovative 2024, Dives Into Fresh 2025
(restaurantnews.com - 1/21/2025) Starting 2025 strong, opening two units in early January with five more to come by quarter two ... (full story)
- Rotolo's Craft & Crust expands into South Carolina
(pizzamarketplace.com - 1/21/2025) Louisiana-based Rotolo's Craft & Crust has opened a location in South Carolina ... (full story)
- This Popular Chain Restaurant May Be Coming to Montana
(newstalkkgvo.com - 1/21/2025) The franchise has announced four new "franchise development agreements" which aims to add an additional 24 new locations, one of those being in Billings, Montana ...
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- Pizza Factory Finds a Buyer, and More Roads to Nationwide Growth
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/21/2025) In January, Pizza Factory plans to open three locations in Jackson and Paradise, California, and Silver Springs, Nevada ...
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- Grand opening set for Lexington's 1st Publix
(spectrumnews1.com - 1/21/2025) Since the opening of the Louisville Publix, the company said it has confirmed two more locations in both Louisville and Lexington, four in northern Kentucky, one in Owensboro and one in Elizabethtown ... (full story)
- Popular restaurant chain closing stores in Pa., nationwide
(lehighvalleylive.com - 1/21/2025) Nearly 40 locations will close their doors for good across the nation ... (full story)
- Former Sonic CEO’s Investment Firm Buys Nature’s Table
(franchisetimes.com - 1/20/2025) Fast Fresh Brands, a portfolio company of DIA Equity Partners, acquired Nature’s Table a 41-unit breakfast and lunch concept ... (full story)
- NYC barbecue restaurant coming to NJ promises ‘over-the-top’ offers
(nj1015.com - 1/20/2025) The new year marked a new chapter for the city chain: Secaucus will be home to its first New Jersey restaurant. This will be Dallas BBQ’s first spot outside New York ...
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- Florida Based Breakfast Chain Opens First Massachusetts Locations
(live959.com - 1/20/2025) First Watch officially opened its first Massachusetts location which is the first of the company's planned New England expansion ...
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- Wakefern Members Add Stores With Two In-House Acquisitions
(foodtradenews.com - 1/20/2025) In an acquisition completed in early January, Glass Gardens Inc. purchased the two ShopRite units – in Newark, NJ and Bloomfield, NJ – owned by Neil Greenstein ...
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- Wakefern Members Add Stores With Two In-House Acquisitions
(foodtradenews.com - 1/20/2025) Browns Super Stores has agreed to acquire Ammons Supermarkets in a Philadelphia-area transaction that is slated to close in late March of this year ...
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- Hey Wawa, Now Rutter’s Coming to Town With Some New Stores
(delco.today - 1/19/2025) York-based convenience store and gas station chain Rutter’s is expanding with 50 new stores over the next five years including areas near Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Delaware, and Virginia ... (full story)
- Paris Baguette Celebrates Record Growth With 163 New Franchises Awarded, Sets Sights on 100+ ...
(1851franchise.com - 1/19/2025) They aim to award 200 more franchises and open over 100 new cafés across North America, including new markets like Connecticut, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Indiana, Idaho, Delaware, Guam and Puerto Rico ... (full story)
- Party City to Auction Florida Store Leases
(newsbreak.com - 1/17/2025) A&G Real Estate Partners is managing the liquidation of Party City’s 695 store leases across the U.S., including 59 in Florida ... (full story)
- Tikka Shack Coming Soon to Hackensack
(boozyburbs.com - 1/17/2025) Tikka Shack is coming soon to Hackensack with their first New Jersey location ... (full story)
- E.C Barton & Company Announces Expansion with Six New Home Outlet Stores
(neareport.com - 1/17/2025) The new stores will be located in Athens, GA; Newnan, GA; Myrtle Beach, SC; Murfreesboro, TN; Mooresville, NC and Clarksville, TN ... (full story)
- The Pants Store of 'Bama Rush' fame is coming to Mississippi. See where, when it will open
(clarionledger.com - 1/17/2025) The Pants Store, which has six locations in Alabama, has decided to expand into Oxford on East Jackson Avenue ...
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- Mountain Mike’s Celebrates Record-Breaking 2024
(qsrmagazine.com - 1/17/2025) Along with the impressive 10-unit Florida deal that will introduce the brand to the East Coast, Mountain Mike’s inked agreements to open multiple restaurants in other new states, including Wisconsin (6 locations), Washington (4), Oklahoma (3) and Arkansas (3) ... (full story)
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