American Fork, Utah — Four Foods Group (FFG), a rapidly growing restaurant development, investment and management company, has acquired 48 Little Caesars restaurants in Alabama and Louisiana.
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Atlanta — On April 1, 2017, PGA TOUR Superstore will open its first interactive retail store in Hilton Head Island, S.C. The 25,000-square-foot location is located on Fording Island Road in Bluffton, S.C., near the Home Depot and will be an anchor in the Bluffton Crossing shopping center.
Orlando, Fla. — Darden Restaurants, Inc. has agreed to acquire Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen (Cheddar’s) for $780 million in an all-cash transaction. Cheddar’s will add to Darden’s portfolio of differentiated brands, which currently includes Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze and Eddie V’s.
Chicago — For the first time in its 117-year history, Rogers & Hollands Jewelers is launching a new discount store model, Rogers & Hollands Outlet, this April. Two Chicago-area Rogers & Hollands locations, one in North Riverside Park Mall and one in Golf Mill Shopping Center, have been selected to be rebranded, remodeled and reopened as Rogers & Hollands Outlet.
Bethesda, Md. — GTM Architects, an award-winning residential and commercial architectural firm, has completed some design work with Sugar Factory American Brasserie at six new locations across the U.S., including three that recently opened: a 9,000-square-foot restaurant in Chicago, Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., and its largest restaurant in Las Vegas.