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Helbiz Kitchen Opens First U.S. Location Via Kitchen United

by Katie Lee

Los Angeles — Helbiz Kitchen, a Helbiz company, has launched its first kitchen in Santa Monica, Calif., in partnership with Kitchen United. The opening of the second location in Los Angeles is planned for later this month and will be located in the Westwood area. Helbiz Kitchen is known for its commitment to high-quality products, with an uncompromising focus on taste and flavor. The selection of products available in Los Angeles has not been modified from the menus offered in Milan, ensuring that customers in Los Angeles are able to …

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Carvana Marks 10th Anniversary

by Katie Lee

Phoenix — Carvana, an industry pioneer for buying and selling used cars online, is celebrating 10 years. Carvana’s iconic Car Vending Machine, which first debuted in Nashville in 2015, allows customers to save time by selecting a convenient time to pick up their new vehicle. Upon arrival, customers are greeted by a customer advocate and receive a commemorative, oversized Carvana coin to activate the automated vending process. Customers then get to watch their vehicle descend through the brightly lit vending structure from the heart of the all-glass tower — making …

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McDonald’s and Lightsource bp Amp Up Solar Energy in the Southeast

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Lafayette, La. — McDonald’s Corporation and Lightsource bp have formed a power purchase agreement for a 145 MWac/180 MWdc solar project located in St. Landry Parish, La. The Prairie Ronde Solar project will generate an expected average of approximately 327,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable energy annually, equivalent to the average annual electricity consumption of 30,700 U.S. homes once complete. The deal helps advances McDonald’s commitment to climate action and its sustainability goals, while expanding Lightsource bp’s footprint of solar assets across the Southeast. “Growing our partnership with Lightsource bp reaffirms …

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Taco Bell Opens New Cantina Experience on Hollywood Boulevard

by Katie Lee

Irvine, Calif. — Taco Bell has opened its latest Cantina restaurant experience in the heart of Los Angeles, along the iconic palm tree-lined Hollywood Boulevard. The latest Cantina restaurant — known for its boozy drink menu and all the craveable menu items fans have come to expect — sits on a historic 1920s Hollywood property, once a bookstore known as a book lover’s haunt for movie stars, merging a “golden-age” design with modern, digital-only ordering and pickup. The Hollywood Cantina is the first Cantina in Los Angeles County. With more …

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MCS Acquires Chain Store Maintenance

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Lewisville, Texas — MCS, a national property services company founded in 1986, has acquired industry-leading commercial facilities services firm Chain Store Maintenance (CSM). MCS’s interior commercial facility services platform will be marketed as Chain Store Maintenance – an MCS Company, offering the core interior maintenance services that CSM is known for. Exterior facility services will continue to be marketed under MCS. In addition to expanding MCS’s overall commercial services offerings, the acquisition enhances its ability to serve its residential clients in the mortgage servicing and single-family rental industries with an …

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Showcase Opens 150th Store, Quadruples U.S. Store Count

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Batavia, N.Y. — Trendspotting retailer Showcase is expanding its brick-and-mortar presence. Showcase has completed the largest and fastest single expansion in its 29-year history, and opened the 150th trend store located in Huntington Station, N.Y. In just 6 months, Showcase opened 31 stores across 13 states in the U.S. Northeast, as well as unveiled a new 147,000-square-foot distribution center in Batavia, N.Y. Showcase is privately-owned and operates 109 stores in Canada and 41 in the United States. Founded in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1994, Showcase is an award-winning retailer, product developer …

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Chipotle Introduces New Fresh Eatery Concept: Farmesa

by Katie Lee

Newport Beach, Calif. — Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening a new restaurant called Farmesa at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. Farmesa is a fresh, bold new concept that is inspired by Chipotle’s ‘Food with Integrity’ standards. The concept will soft-open with an abbreviated menu and limited hours before officially rolling out in March. “One of our strategic objectives is to create or invest in emerging culinary spaces and restaurant concepts that fit within Chipotle’s food with integrity mission and make fresh food daily,” says Brian Niccol, chairman and …

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CVS Agrees to Acquire Oak Street Health in $10.6 Billion Deal

by Katie Lee

Woonsocket, R.I., and Chicago — CVS Health has agreed to acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing a total purchase price of roughly $10.6 billion. The price represents a premium of approximately 11.9% over Oak Street’s opening price per share this morning. Chicago-based Oak Street Health is a network of primary care centers for adults on Medicare. The company employs approximately 600 primary care providers and maintains 169 medical centers across 21 states. By 2026, Oak Street Health plans to grow to more than …

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SONIC Drive-In to Open First Hawai’i Location

by Katie Lee

Oklahoma City — On February 20, SONIC® Drive-In will introduce the brand for the first time in the state of Hawai’i with the opening of a new location in Kahului, Maui. Located within the Ho’okele Shopping Center, the drive-in is owned and operated by North Shore Provisions, LLC, d/b/a SONIC Drive-In Hawai’i. SONIC Drive-In now has at least one location in 47 states. The new drive-in location in Kahului will offer drive-thru service, patio seating, as well as ordering through the classic SONIC drive-in stalls. “We’ve had our mind set …

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HungerRush Expands Executive Leadership with 4 New Appointments

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Houston — HungerRush, a leading cloud software provider for the restaurant industry, has expanded its leadership team with the addition of a new chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), vice president of finance and vice president of independent operators (I/O) sales. The growing finance team welcomes two new team members. David Tabachnick joins the team as CFO and Patrick Hughes will assume the role of vice president of finance. Tabachnick joins HungerRush from Acoustic where he most recently served as CAO. He brings more than 20 years of …

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