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January 21, 2022

Unified Brands Partners With Swanson Girard & Associates

Unified Brands, a manufacturer of foodservice equipment, is gaining representation in MAFSI Region 11 through a partnership with Swanson Girard & Associates.

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January 14, 2022

Shake Shack To Test Drive-Thru Prototype With Limited to No Indoor Seating

Shake Shack is testing a drive-thru-focused prototype with “limited to no seating inside” in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.

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January 14, 2022

Expansion Roundup: Roll-Em-Up Taquitos, Noodles & Co., More Sign Big Deals

Roll-Em-Up Taquitos plans to roll out hundreds of new restaurants, while Noodles & Co. also signed a significant franchise deal to add dozens of locations. FER looks at these expansion plans—and more—in this week’s Expansion Roundup.

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January 12, 2022

Rational Partners With Premier Foodservice Solutions

Rational has selected Premier Foodservice Solutions to serve as an exclusive, independent manufacturers’ representative in MAFSI Region 6.  

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January 11, 2022

Starbucks To Nearly Double Its Spend With Diverse Suppliers By 2030

Starbucks is further investing in efforts to advance racial and social equity by nearly doubling its spend with diverse suppliers by 2030.

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January 11, 2022

Middleby Taps New President for Pitco Frialator

The Middleby Corp. has promoted Karl Searl from general manager of Pitco Frialator to president of the company. 

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January 11, 2022

TGI Fridays Creates To-Go-Focused Concept Fridays on the Fly

The 2,500-sq.-ft. Fridays on the Fly will cater to delivery and to-go customers and comes as the brand’s off-premise sales have tripled since the pandemic.

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January 10, 2022

Checkers and Rally’s To Put AI Tech in the Drive-Thru

Checkers Drive-In Restaurants is taking its drive-thrus to the next level as it plans to deploy AI-based voice ordering at all corporate-owned drive-thru locations.

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January 10, 2022

SHFM Announces Board of Directors  

The Society for Hospitality & Foodservice Management has announced its board of directors for 2021-22, including the seating of a new president.

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January 7, 2022

Expansion Roundup: Brands Kick Off the New Year With Development Deals

This week, FER dives into recently announced expansion plans for Bojangles, Shake Shack, Johnny Rockets and Roll-Em-Up Taquitos.

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