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May was a disappointing month for chain restaurants, according to data from TDn2K’s Restaurant Industry Snapshot, which is based on weekly sales from more than 27,000 restaurant units across more than 155 brands.

Consumer spending grew by 1.3 percent and visits to restaurants and foodservice outlets held steady in the first quarter of 2017, according to The NPD Group’s CREST foodservice market research report, which tracks daily how U.S. consumers use restaurants and foodservice outlets.

First launched in 2012, Citron & Rose Tavern & Market (C&R) has reopened after a yearlong renovation and reimaging under new owner David Magerman and James Beard award-winning Chef Michael Solomonov.

Wing Zone signed a major expansion deal to increase its international presence.

Four new restaurants — Cal Mare, FARMHOUSE, Yardbird and Eggslut — will become part of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles’s new culinary lineup as part of the shopping center’s $500 million reimage.

Miami Beach outpost Hank and Harry’s Deli plans to open a second location, this one in South Miami.

Ferrero, the makers of Nutella, opened its first Nutella Cafe on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, across from tourist hotspot Millennium Park and not too far from other branded food tourist destinations from confectioners like Hershey’s and Ghirardelli.

JLL launched its inaugural City Retail report, which revealed the 10 most affordable and desirable retail corridors in the United States based on average asking rent per square foot.