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Krystal Names New Vice President of Operations

by Katie Lee February 7, 2023

Atlanta — Krystal Restaurants LLC, the original home of the slider in the South, has hired seasoned restaurant and hospitality leader Jermaine Walker is its new vice president of operations. The legacy brand has been undergoing aggressive growth plans, having opened its first international location last year and continues on this trajectory with a new restaurant that opened in Alabama last month and more on the way. “I am honored to join Krystal and be part of their expansion efforts,” says Walker. “I’ve spent my career supporting companies in their …

February 7, 2023

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WKS Restaurant Group Selects Interface to Deploy Virtual Security at its 394 Restaurants

by Katie Lee August 10, 2022

St. Louis — Interface Systems, a leading managed service provider delivering business security, managed network, UCaaS and business intelligence solutions to distributed enterprises, has teamed up with WKS Restaurant Group, one of the fastest growing multi-brand restaurant franchisees in the U.S. WKS is deploying Interface’s Virtual Guard interactive remote video monitoring solutions across its major restaurant brands including El Pollo Loco, Wendy’s, Denny’s, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Blaze Pizza. By implementing virtual guard services, WKS will offer better security for its employees and customers while reducing the cost of securing …

August 10, 2022

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REEF Launches First Ever “Virtual Food Hall” at Raleigh-Durham International Airport

by Katie Lee August 1, 2022

Raleigh and Durham, N.C. — Travelers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport can now order meals for pickup through REEF’s first-of-its-kind virtual food hall, an evolved ghost kitchen, in Terminal 2. The “getREEF Virtual Food Hall” is operated by REEF and its Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise partner, HUBB Kitchens, led by Jason Johnson. The kitchen features nine popular brands including fast-growing international favorites such as Krispy Rice, 800 Degrees Pizza, Pei Wei, Xochimex Cantina Grill, Zinburger and Rebel Wings, as well as local concepts Beyu Caffé, Hubb Kitchen and American Meltdown. …

August 1, 2022

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Wendy’s Franchisee Deploys Squadle’s Remote Temperature Monitoring System

by Katie Lee July 7, 2022

Spokane, Wash. — Wenspok Companies is a Wendy’s franchisee based in Spokane, Wash., encompassing 67 restaurants in the United States. All 67 locations are leveraging Squadle’s digital operations and food safety software, and five locations recently piloted Squadle’s Remote Temperature Monitoring (RTM) system. With so many locations, equipment breakdowns are a constant headache. Wenspok chose Squadle RTM to improve equipment health awareness, ensure 100% compliance on food safety and prevent waste. After seeing beneficial results across five locations, Wenspok quickly rolled out RTM in its remaining 62 locations to achieve …

July 7, 2022

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Smart Solution

by Katie Lee May 19, 2022

— By Meg Mason — How Lowe’s has reduced water use and its carbon footprint with smart irrigation. Lowe’s is focused on reducing its environmental impact while also increasing the efficiency of its operations. To address these goals, Lowe’s installed HydroPoint smart irrigation controllers to optimize landscape irrigation at more than 900 of its stores. Each year, the controllers reduce water use at these facilities by about 650 million gallons, saving Lowe’s an estimated $5 million in total water costs.1 Because water treatment and pumping use a lot of …

May 19, 2022

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Taco John’s Signs Biggest Franchise Agreement in Brand History

by Katie Lee August 19, 2021

Cheyenne, Wyo. — Taco John’s International Inc., a leading quick-service Mexican franchise, has inked its biggest area development agreement to date with the largest Wendy’s franchisee, Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. The group will build 50 new Taco John’s restaurants by March 31, 2026 with options to develop an additional 150 restaurants. “Taco John’s is the perfect fit for our company. While exploring concepts to expand our portfolio, we were quickly attracted to Taco John’s,” says Gary Rose, president and COO of Meritage Hospitality Group. “We are excited about the Mexican …

August 19, 2021

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Wendy’s Sells Ownership Interest in Inspire Brands for $450 Million

by Katie Lee August 21, 2018

Dublin, Ohio — The Wendy’s Company has accepted an offer from Inspire Brands (owner of Arby’s®, Buffalo Wild Wings® and R Taco®) to sell its 12.3% ownership interest in the company back to Inspire Brands for $450 million. The agreement was approved by The Wendy’s Company board of directors.

August 21, 2018

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Wendy’s Unveils Innovative Restaurant Design

by Katie Lee May 14, 2018

Gluckstadt, Miss. — The newest Wendy’s in Mississippi opened at 1251 Gluckstadt Rd. on May 14, 2018 with a fresh new look, its new “Smart 55” building design.

May 14, 2018

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JAE Restaurant Group Acquires 34 Knoxville Wendy’s Restaurants

by Katie Lee March 1, 2018

Pompano Beach, Fla. — JAE Restaurant Group, one of the largest multi-unit franchisees of Wendy’s, has acquired 34 Wendy’s restaurants throughout Knoxville, Tenn., making JAE Restaurant Group a major employer in Knoxville with a total of 1,150 employees.

March 1, 2018

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Wendy’s Opens 500th International Restaurant

by Katie Lee January 16, 2018

Dublin, Ohio — The Wendy’s Company has opened its 500th international restaurant* in Guatemala City, Guatemala, by franchise organization Alimentos Corporativos Coralsa. Alimentos Corporativos Coralsa joined the Wendy’s® system in 2015 and currently operates 13 restaurants in Guatemala.

January 16, 2018

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