by Tom Kaiser | Feb 3, 2022 | Briefs, News
As the virtual restaurant category continues growing across the board, Florida-based virtual restaurant provider, The Local Culinary, is planning to expand outside of the United States. “We saw amazing growth in 2021 thanks to our model,” said company founder Alp...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 2, 2021 | Best Practices, News, Third-Party Delivery
Five Guys, Jack in the Box and 7-Eleven are very different brands with unique products, storefronts and footprints, but they occupy common ground in their need to work with franchisees to rethink their operations as delivery and off-premises operations become a bigger...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 16, 2021 | Briefs, News
Dream Dinners, which claims to have created the meal prep concept nearly 20 years ago, has expanded its meal kit home delivery program as it also gets a new franchising program off the ground. The company, based in the state of Washington, just expanded its home...
by Laura Michaels | Sep 3, 2020 | Top Stories
Fifty restaurant brands in one kitchen. That’s the model The Local Culinary launched last year in Miami, which is now calling itself the first ghost kitchen franchise to hit the market. The company finalized its franchise disclosure document earlier this month and is...
by Nancy Monroe | Feb 9, 2017 | Best Practices, News
By Nancy Weingartner At one time we were all content to just have “everybody know our name” at hospitality locales, now we want them to remember our face. UFood Grill, a fast-casual healthy restaurant chain where every menu item is under 700 calories, is introducing...