Development
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- The Editors
SONIC Drive-In expects to save at least $400 per month on energy costs at one company-owned location in San Antonio, thanks to newly installed solar panels on the roof of its signature drive-up stalls.
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- The Editors
Uchi Restaurant Group opened its sixth concept, Top Knot, in Dallas earlier this year above its popular restaurant Uchi. Executive Chef Tyson Cole’s new concept features a playful small-plates menu inspired by flavors from Southeast Asia, Latin America and Japan. Top Knot’s bar program features Japanese whiskey, draft beer, sake on tap and inventive cocktails.
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- Amanda Baltazar
Developing a restaurant to feature multiple tap handles requires many considerations.
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- Donna Boss
In today’s fast-paced society, a growing number of fast-casual foodservice concepts continue to add or expand their grab-and-go offerings to capture a greater share of time-starved customers’ business.
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- Dana Tanyeri
Ari Weinzweig and Paul Saginaw started Zingerman’s Delicatessen in 1982 with a $20,000 loan, a staff of two, a selection of specialty foods and a short sandwich menu served from a small corner building in Ann Arbor, Mich. Today, Zingerman’s is a Michigan institution with annual revenues approaching $40 million. Zingerman’s has grown to include a creamery, a bakery, a coffee company, candy manufacturing and mail order, among others. It also operates ZingTrain consulting and plans to open a Korean restaurant in 2016. Weinzweig says great products and long-term vision drive the company.
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- Dana Tanyeri
Growing a traditional, family dining franchise is not without challenges in the current environment, which seems partial to smaller, Millennial-friendly, fast-casual concepts. But Redding, Calif.–based Black Bear Diner continues to prove that distinctive, family-focused operations that stick to their knitting with familiar, comfort-food favorites; clean, inviting operations; and friendly service can thrive. Now at 20 years old with 74 units in the western U.S., Black Bear ramped up both corporate and franchised growth and targets 100 units by 2018. Chief development officer Doug Branigan explains how they’ll get there.
