Development
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- Rebecca Kilbreath
Johnny Rockets opened 61 units globally in 2016, an increase of more than 10 percent. The chain attributes this success to its brand refresh, Diner 2.0, and plans to grow its total units to 385 by the end of 2017.
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- Dana Tanyeri
In the first in a series, rd+d takes a deep dive into beverage-focused concepts.
- Development
- Dana Tanyeri
Luigi Di Ruocco is vice president of Mr. Espresso, his family’s 35-year-old artisan coffee roasting company and provider of espresso equipment, service and training to coffeehouses and restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. He’s also co-owner of Coffee Bar, a three-unit group of specialty coffee cafes that showcase Mr. Espresso’s single-origin, oak-roasted beans.
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- Dana Tanyeri
Jesse Jacobs opened his first Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco 14 years ago, sensing that the time was right to introduce a tea-focused concept in the wake of the specialty coffee boom. He now operates two locations.
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- Amelia Levin
Over the last decade, consumers under the age of 40 have increased annual eatings per capita of fresh vegetables by 52 percent and frozen vegetables by 59 percent, according to market research firm The NPD Group.
