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True Food Kitchen, the healthy-food brand founded by Sam Fox of Fox Restaurant Concepts and integrative medicine guru Dr. Andrew Weil, is looking at all types of locations as it ramps up expansion to around 10 new units a year. High on its list of targets are plum spots in the burgeoning mixed-use development arena.

Why is redeveloping an existing restaurant space more expensive than expected, and what can I do to keep costs down?

Newk’s Eatery Signs Deal for 18 New Stores

Newk’s Eatery signed a deal to open 18 new stores across Texas and Oklahoma over the next few years with Full Belly Holdings, LLC., a franchisee that currently operates three stores in the Dallas metro area.

In my nearly 20 years of designing kitchens and consulting, I see some very consistent mistakes during the planning stages of a new restaurant. When owners are eager to put their dreams in action, they often push the smaller things to the side.

Another Broken Egg Cafe

Another Broken Egg Cafe has doubled in size during the past five years, and the chain remains on a strong growth path thanks to nine new deals from multi-unit franchisees. Overall, Another Broken Egg Café plans to operate 300 cafes by 2025.

Yogurtland’s multiple store development agreement calls for the chain to expand into Indonesia with a total of more than 10 locations over the next 3 years.

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Villa Restaurant Group, a global multibrand restaurant operator and franchisor, plans to bring three new quick-service concepts and one full-service dining option New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, all opening in 2019.

Domino’s Pizza partnered with Nuro to use the robotics company’s unmanned fleet of vehicles to deliver pizza in Houston.