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  • Florida-Based Fast-Casual Restaurant Group Retrofits for Energy Savings

    Amaize restaurant in Doral, Florida, is the flagship store in a planned chain of fast-casual eateries serving Latin-inspired gourmet food. Located just outside Miami, the 2,760-square-foot store serves an average of 3,300 arepas — the restaurant's signature dish — on a daily basis.

  • Naf Naf Grill Nabs Roark Capital Investment

    Chicago-based Naf Naf Grill, a fast-casual concept serving authentic Middle Eastern cuisine, has secured private-equity funding from Atlanta-based Roark Capital Group. The investment is Roark’s first in an emerging growth brand.

  • Ono Nears 50 Units

    Ono Hawaiian BBQ, a fast-casual restaurant specializing in Hawaiian plate lunches and other island specialties, has opened its 49th store.

  • MidiCi Ups the Fast-Casual Pizza Ante

    Seeking to stake a claim as the first "fast-fine" Neapolitan pizza chain, MidiCi celebrated the grand opening of its flagship unit in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on June 20. The concept, developed by Amit Kleinberger, CEO of the 500-unit Menchie's Frozen Yogurt chain, enters the fast-casual pizza fray with an elevated approach to both food and ambiance.

  • Amy's Kitchen Branches Out into Foodservice

    Amy's Kitchen, the pioneering manufacturer of vegetarian frozen entrees, soups and other items, is now on a mission to "shake up American fast food."

  • Tava Indian Kitchen Gets Financing, New Board Member

    Fast-casual concept Tava Indian Kitchen has closed $4.5 million of new equity financing, providing capital to expand the management team and accelerate development in the San Francisco market and beyond.

  • Five Things Fast-Casual Brands Need to Attract Millennials

    It was 1990. I was just barely 18, and my first real job was delivering pizzas for Rocky’s Pizza Ring. This local mom-and-pop joint could have been a hot spot “back in the day.”

  • Fast-Casual Service Lines

    When customers enter a fast-casual restaurant, they head straight for the service line. That’s where they view the menu, place their orders, select from ingredients on display and watch staff assemble their customized meals before paying at the other end of the line. It’s also where, in the midst of the action, customers begin to determine whether the restaurant’s brand meets their expectations.

  • Q&A With: John Ferdinandi, CEO, Milano Restaurants/Blast 825° Pizza

    Milano Restaurants International, which operates the Me-n-Ed’s Pizza Parlor, Victory Grill and Coney Island Grill concepts, entered the fast-casual pizza fray in 2013 with Blast 825° Pizza. 

  • "Fast-Fine" Pioneer Fresh To Order Enters South Carolina

    Atlanta-based Fresh To Order (f2o) opened its 13th location on November 19 and the first for the fast-casual brand in South Carolina.

  • Native Foods Café Expands to D.C.

    Fast-casual vegan restaurant chain Native Foods Cafe has opened the first of eight units planned for the Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia market.

  • Amsterdam Falafelshop Closes Nine Deals

    Amsterdam Falafelshop, a fast-casual concept founded eight years ago in Washington, D.C., has begun to grow through franchising. As of mid-March, the company operated its original D.C. unit as well as its first sister shop, the chain's preferred term for franchised units, in the Boston suburb of Summerville, Mass. The chain had inked agreements for nine additional sister shops to open in markets including Boston, Washington, D.C., Maryland and

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  • Snapshot: Fast-Casual Pizza Chains Fire Up

    The fast-casual pizza segment continues to sizzle, tossing a whole new competitive element into the mix for both traditional pizzerias and other fast-casual concepts. Here’s a look at recent development moves made by three up-and-comers.
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