Tailgate in Style With Bojangles’ Big BO Box
Born and bred on the border of the Carolinas, Bojangles’ knows the perfect tailgate items – chicken, biscuits, and iced tea. To ensure iced tea is convenient at a tailgate, Bojangles’ created the new Big BO Box to provide plenty of room for all the tailgate classics. With Bojangles’ new Big BO Box, fans can conveniently carry their tailgating essentials in one box rather than having a box for the food and carrying Bojangles’ Legendary Iced Tea with their other hand.
Pretzelmaker Helps Save the Music With $30,000 Donation
Representatives from Pretzelmaker and its parent company GFG Management, LLC joined VH1 Save The Music Foundation recently at the Boston Teachers Union School to present a $30,000 donation to the Foundation. The donation was announced earlier this year as part of the brand’s annual National Pretzel Day celebration and was used to purchase musical instruments and equipment for the school’s growing music program.
Industry Consultant Adds Coca-Cola Veteran as VP
Alice Elliot, CEO of Elliot Associates, a provider in executive search and strategic consulting for the hospitality, foodservice, manufacturing, and retail industries, named Dan Searby senior vice president to conduct corporate executive searches for all segments.
Saladworks Posts 15 Percent Sales Increase Over 2010
Saladworks’ same-store sales rose an average of 15 percent in September and October when compared with the same week in 2010.
The company credits the jump in sales to the addition of its pick-two combo meals to its menu, along with its current award-winning TV commercials.
Fresh To Order Gets ‘Smart’ with Nutrition, Loyalty
Atlanta-based fast-casual concept Fresh To Order is aiming to increase loyalty while cutting back on labor and food costs with the launch of its SmartMenu kiosk technology.
The SmartMenu, created by Usable Health, offers customers a kiosk where they can see detailed information about menu items, filter the menu by nutritional or dietary needs, and even place their order.
Restaurateurs Attempt to Extend Tax Credit Period
Restaurateurs who are using Work Opportunity Tax Credits as part of their hiring process are running out of time to claim their potential earnings from hiring as the opportunity deadline looms at the end of the year. The deadline could put a stop to thousands of extra dollars coming in per quarter for employers through hiring. But some restaurateurs are planning to take action in hopes to extend the opportunity.
Break Me Off a Piece of That Kit Kat Pretzel
The world’s largest hand-rolled, soft pretzel company recently teamed up with the leading North American manufacturer of quality chocolate products to create a product now testing in 31 locations across the country.
New NRA Hire to Focus on Food Safety, Quality Assurance
The National Restaurant Association announced the addition of Christopher Melchert as senior manager for food safety and quality assurance, a new position within the government affairs and policy team that illustrates the importance of these critical issues to the Association, as well as the Association’s strength in policy and regulatory affairs. Melchert brings more than 27 years of food safety and protection experience to this role, where he will help develop, manage, and implement the Association’s agenda on food safety and quality assurance issues.
New NJ Store Keeps CUPS’ Fro Yo Beach Party Going
CUPS Frozen Yogurt, the beach-themed, self-serve fro-yo concept, is opening its second location at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at 364 State Route 10 in East Hanover, New Jersey.
To celebrate the grand opening, the first 100 customers will receive a $10 CUPS gift card. Additionally, CUPS Facebook fans can download and print out a coupon for four free ounces to be redeemed at the new East Hanover location. The coupon is good Oct. 21–28.
Philly Airport Home to New Green Leaf’s/Bananas
Villa Enterprises Management Ltd. Inc. (and its affiliates, Villa Enterprises), the global multiconcept restaurant franchisor, announced the grand opening of its new dual Green Leaf’s/Bananas airport location.
Located at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, the quick-service restaurant will add to Villa’s vast concept portfolio as it celebrates its grand opening in Terminal D on October 20. The new addition marks the seventh Green Leaf’s/Bananas airport location and the third in Pennsylvania.
