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Same-store sales growth was down 1 percent in June and down 1 percent for the second quarter of 2017, according to TDn2K’s Restaurant Industry Snapshot, which is based on weekly sales from more than 28,500 restaurant units and more than 155 brands.

Terralina Crafted Italian, a new restaurant from James Beard Award-winning Chef Tony Mantuano, is slated to open at Disney Springs in Orlando this fall.

The Counter, a full-service premium burger concept founded in 2003, recently opened its first location in Japan in Tokyo’s Roppongi district.

Five words restaurant franchisees often dread: “We want you to remodel.”

In 2009, the first Gyro Shack opened in Boise, Idaho, operating out of less than 200 square feet. 

For obvious reasons, restaurants and fires too often go hand in hand, and government data bears that out. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), in 2014 there were 8,470 structure fires in eating and drinking establishments in the U.S., the most since 2002.

The first IHOP opened in India in June. It is the first of 20 planned restaurants to open in Northern and Southern India in the next decade.

A roundup of interesting bits of news that came across the editor’s desk, including a bunch of mergers and acquisitions, development deals, and more.