Sentences with phrase «casual food chains»

If fast casual food chains that offer natural and organic food are in go with the trend, not against it.

Not purchases at the SKU level — they largely don't know what you bought at West Elm or Cheesecake Factory — but they do know that you spend $ 350 at a furniture store and $ 75 at a casual food chain.

Not exact matches

Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food productFood With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and other fixtures of industrial food productfood production.

But the past few years have been tough on casual restaurants — a vast category that occupies everything between fast food and fine dining — as chains have surrendered market share to a growing wave of upscale fast - food brands like Five Guys and Freshii.

Now it looks as though bargain shoppers are once again controlling the restaurant industry — something that is driving consumers away from casual chains in favor of eating at home or at fast - food and fast - casual chains.

Jack in the Box acquired the fast casual Mexican food chain in 2003.

Panera also benefits from being a leader in the «fast casual» world — which has also been dominated Chipotle Mexican Grill (cmg) until that chain ran into some food - safety woes that greatly pressured sales.

And after pressure from an activist investor, Bob Evans ended up splitting the troubled casual - dining restaurant chain from the faster growing and more profitable packaged foods business.

And that shouldn't be a surprise: he spearheads the fast - casual cafe food chain's evolving, and fast growing, tech strategy.

«Strong regional players and slightly more upscale fast - casual chains like Chipotle are giving the heavy - hitters in the fast - food business a wake - up call.

Fast casual chains sell food that consumers perceive as having higher quality than fast - food restaurants and are also priced a few dollars above those bargain - focused chains, but doesn't require table service like Olive Garden, Applebee's and other casual - dining chains.

Fast - casual Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle (CMG), for example, is known for its «Food with integrity» campaign that touts that company's efforts to obtain food ingredients with the highest respect for animals, the environment and farmFood with integrity» campaign that touts that company's efforts to obtain food ingredients with the highest respect for animals, the environment and farmfood ingredients with the highest respect for animals, the environment and farmers.

2014 may be the end of pizza chains as we know them, as veteran fast - food chains like Domino's and Pizza Hut attempt to compete with fast - casual rookies by upping their quality and atmosphere.

The moves come as the world's largest restaurant company faces increasingly stiff competition from other fast - food outlets as well as from a growing number of fast - casual restaurant chains.

Fast - casual restaurants have menus that are filled with food that consumers perceive as healthier fare than what fast - food competitors sell, but without the table service found at casual dining chains.

The deals, praised by investors who sent shares up nearly 15 % in after - hours trading, splits the troubled casual - dining restaurant chain from the faster growing and more profitable packaged foods business that sells sausages, macaroni and cheese, and other foods under the Bob Evans, Owens and Country Creek brand names.

They also value getting through the line quickly in so - called fast - casual restaurants (upscale fast - food chains without table service, such as Chipotle)(81 percent versus 71 percent) and care relatively less about «friendly» service.

Traffic at fast - food restaurants in Canada is expected to grow by only 1 % annually over the next five years, as fast - casual chains bring in more customers.

Fast - casual chains typically manage to squeeze 40 % more out of each diner's wallet than fast - food joints do.

BRIDGING a gap in the market between fast - food joints and full - service restaurants, fast - casual chains such as Shake Shack, Nando's chicken restaurants and Chipotle Mexican Grill are enjoying success across the world.

You can get a wider variety of food for 2,000 calories at P.F. Chang's or Olive Garden, the casual - dining chains.

A burgeoning «QSR - plus» sector, in which chains are finding a way to offer foods higher in perceived freshness and quality but without hitting fast - casual price points, also is driving growth.

The «Nation's Restaurant News» has released the results of a new poll that reveals what the country's favorite «Casual Dining» eating establishment (a pretty broad category that encompasses most big, non-fast food chains) is, based on categories including «craveability,» and The Cheesecake Factory took the No. 1 spot.

For years, fast - food and casual dining chains have played up the variety of their menus, often at the expense of the classic American hamburger.

Eucalitto says Jake's Wayback Burgers faces a lot of competition from fast - food, quick - service and casual dining chains, but isn't worried by it.

Fast - casual restaurant chain Moe's Southwest Grill is bringing Moe's Breakfast Bowls to the frozen food s...

Fast - casual restaurant chain Moe's Southwest Grill is bringing Moe's Breakfast Bowls to the frozen food section of grocery stores nationwide with help from Kellogg Co..

Firehouse Subs ® is a fast casual restaurant chain with a passion for Hearty and Flavorful Food, Heartfelt Service and Public Safety.

With a menu that includes soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, wraps and a variety of other «comfort food» appetizers and entrees, and a bar list favored for its mix of craft beers and local and mainstream standards, the sports - themed full - service restaurant chain has perfected the recipe for casual dining popularity, and is now looking to replicate it in markets far beyond its Maryland base.

Granite City Food & Brewery was founded by a top executive from the Champps Americana casual restaurant chain.

Leading Fast Casual chains also have opened delivery - only spin - offs with limited menus to better maintain food integrity.

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Started in 1989 in a converted gas station in Oxford, Miss., the fast - casual chain has remained one of the nation's top franchises by being dedicated to genuine hospitality and offering real handcrafted food.

The Cheshire - based chain serves «fast casual» food, Executive Vice President William Chemero said.

It seemed like a sure recipe for success: a chain focusing on healthful fast food, just as the «fast casual» trend was taking off, led by one of the area's franchising visionaries, a guy responsible for making Boston Chicken a national brand.

Practicing the art of serving quality food for more than fifty years, Tavistock Group owns a portfolio of proven boutique restaurant concepts and national chains in the US and UK, ranging from fast casual to fine dining.

A healthy, fast casual restaurant chain, UFood Grill offers salads, sandwiches and more foods made with fresh ingredients.

Chicago, IL — April 27, 2016 — ArrowStream, Inc. («ArrowStream»), a Software - as - a-Service provider for supply chain organizations, announced today that Einstein Noah Restaurant Group («ENRGI»), the nation's largest operator of bagel bakeries and a leader in the fast casual restaurant industry, will renew its contract with ArrowStream for its OnDemand software, which allows ENRGI to better manage food spend and inventory across its brand portfolio of Einstein Bros. ® Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels ® and Manhattan Bagel ®.

Technomic recognized McAlister's as the 2012 top chain in the fast casual industry for food and beverage and as one of consumers» Top 5 Favorite Chains in the country.

Technomic recognized the brand as the 2012 top chain in the fast casual industry for food and beverage and as one of consumers» Top 5 Favorite Chains in the country.

In a related story, both declining birth rates and kids» drop in fast food consumption are hitting McDonald's hard, which is bad news for a company already struggling against increasingly popular «fast casual» chains like Chipotle.

Dieters looking to cut calories may believe it's best to pick a fast casual restaurant over a fast food chain, but new research from the University of South Carolina shows that may not be the best choice.

But in opening little - known fast - food chain Organic Coup, two ex-Costco execs Erica Welton and Dennis Hoover who helped turn Costco into the largest seller of organic goods in the world aren't going for «fast casual»; they want to redefine «fast food» — starting with a fried chicken sandwich.

This rapidly expanding fast - casual chain emphasizes vegetarian food for the non-vegetarian and offers great salads, bowls, wraps and burgers with faux meat that would satisfy anyone.

Restaurant Franchise Dramatically Improves Signature Process with AssureSign's Franchise Offering Customer Profile Firehouse Subs ® is a fast casual restaurant chain with a passion for Hearty and Flavorful Food, Heartfelt Service and Public Safety.

A large fast - food or casual - dining chain will offer administrative, human resources, management, and marketing positions, whereas, in a small cafe or fine dining establishment, these duties are more likely to fall to the general manager, the proprietor, or even the chef.

Numerous casual dining chains now have curbside pickup, which eliminates the logistical stress of going inside to pick up your food.

Most of the growth will come from the dollar stores, fast food restaurants and fast casual chains.