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Lombardi Family Concepts Opens Victory Tap Sports Lounge in Plano, Texas
Victory Tap offers a menu with familiar American classics, a well-rounded bar program and a comfortable yet energetic atmosphere.
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The Big Biscuit Doubles Down on Lunch Daypart
BIG Lunch is served daily from 6:30AM-2:30PM, at all Big Biscuit locations across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
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McDonald’s Canada Names Jennifer DelVecchio CMO
Effective June 16, McDonald’s Canada is bringing a familiar face back home. Jennifer DelVecchio has been appointed as the brand’s new Chief Marketing Officer.
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On The Border Shuts Down All Company-Owned Restaurants
On The Border was founded in 1982. On The Border once proudly claimed it was the largest Mexican casual-dining chain in America. Now, the concept is on life support. The brand announced that it had shut down all of its company-owned restaurants, leaving it with five U.S.
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Blaze Pizza Taps Lucas Bravo as CFO
Blaze Pizza, the nation’s leading fast-casual artisanal pizza brand, today announced the appointment of Lucas Bravo as Chief Financial Officer.
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California’s New Restaurant Regulations Point to a Bigger Opportunity for Hospitality
Restaurant menus are dynamic systems. For many restaurant brands, regulatory compliance is viewed as a cost of doing business.
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Oak & Stone Finds its Voice as Expansion Accelerates
Oak & Stone wants to turn its beverage selections into an experiential visit. Oak & Stone isn’t changing who it is. The fast-growing polished-casual brand believes it’s finally finding a better way to explain it.
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Kolache Factory Unveils World Cup-Themed Murals in Houston and Kansas City
Kolache Factory is joining the soccer excitement building in two of its home markets with limited-time mural installations at restaurants in Houston and the Kansas City area, both cities hosting World Cup matches this month The Houston-based breakfast franchise partnered with ...
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Your Best Guests Walked in Last Night. Did Your Restaurant Team Know Who They Were?
The visit itself is the conversion moment, and most operators still don’t have the technology to act on it. The guests who built your business may already be leaving, but most operators don’t find out until it’s too late.
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Premium F&B Brand Foodstories Bags ₹50 Cr To Expand Digital Business, Delivery Network
F&B brand Foodstories has raised Rs 50 Cr (about $5.2 Mn) in a Series B funding round from Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath. The fresh funds will be utilised to scale its digital operations, enhance delivery capabilities and expand retail footprint.
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Selling Enterprise AI Requires Education Before Contracts, Says kAIgentic’s Ahmed Mazhari
India’s enterprise AI market is projected to grow from $11 Bn in 2025 to $71 Bn by 2030, fuelled by adoption across sectors such as BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, education and agriculture.
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Amazon AI For Sellers, Weekly Funding Rebounds & More
Amazon’s AI Gameplan For Sellers After consumers, Amazon is now moving AI to the seller side. The ecommerce major is rolling out a 24/7 AI assistant for its 1.7 Mn Indian merchants to streamline catalogue creation, inventory planning and ads.
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Can FirstCry Hold Investor Attention In A Quick Commerce World?
At least seven times during FirstCry’s March-quarter earnings call, the company returned to a familiar theme: rationalisation. Competition, the management suggested, was behaving irrationally. Discounting in key categories was irrational. Pricing pressures were irrational.
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Zepto’s Battle Beyond Speed
For Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart, much of the post-pandemic era was spent persuading urban Indians to prioritise convenience over value, with groceries delivered in minutes serving as their biggest differentiator.
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From GPS Renewables To Equal AI — Indian Startups Raised $243 Mn This Week
Investments in the Indian startup ecosystem continued to pick up momentum in the second week of June. Twenty five startups raised $242.6 Mn between June 8 and June 12, marking a near 30% uptick from $187.4 Mn raised across 21 deals last week.
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Pepper Lunch Ignites Texas Expansion with Austin and Houston Deals
Texas remains one of Pepper Lunch’s most important growth markets.
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Hyatt Centric Park City Names Crisotbal Sibaja Aragon Executive Chef of Escala Provisions Company
Hyatt Centric Park City appoints Cristobal Sibaja Aragon as executive chef of Escala Provisions Company, the property’s signature restaurant located just steps from Park City’s mountain trails and outdoor adventure.
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