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Meet the innovative, inclusive and industry changing leaders of the 2021 NRN Power List
What's New: Arby's announced for Lumberton FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This March 1, 2010, file photo shows an Arby's restaurant sign in Cutler Bay, Fla. Arby's is buying casual dining chain Buffalo Wild Wings in a deal worth about $2.4 billion. Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. said Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, that it will pay $157 per share. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)Wilfredo Lee, STF / Associated Press A local hospitality group has announced plans for a new Arby’s franchise location in Lumberton that could open by early spring. Aspire2B, which holds and operates Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings an...
What's New: Repair shop comes to Beaumont, Arby's opens in Lumberton FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This Aug. 26, 2015 photo shows an Apple iPhone with a cracked screen after a drop test from the DropBot, a robot used to measure the sustainability of a phone to dropping, at the offices of SquareTrade in San Francisco. Apple said Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, that it will sell tools and parts to independent phone-repair shops in the U.S. and later in other countries. The repair shops need to have an Apple-certified technician. Repairs at these shops, though, will be limited to products already out of ...
The restaurant industry has lost 110,000 restaurants, according to the National Restaurant Association. And, based on a Cowen analysis of the past three recessions, 90% of closures have occurred among independent operators who were ill-prepared for a prolonged pandemic that required full-service establishments to depend on off-premise sales to survive. But it hasn't been bad news for all of the industry. The purging of restaurants is expected to leave $39 billion in sales up for grabs, according to Cowen. That's created an opportunity for well-financed multi-unit operators and private-equ...
Sonic Drive-In’s new prototype will debut in Northeast Florida at the Mayport location when the franchisee retrofits the 21-year-old building. “This location will be the first drive-in in the Jacksonville area with the new prototype design,” said Christi Woodworth, vice president of public relations with the Oklahoma City-based company, in an email Dec. 9. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $450,000 renovation of the Sonic Drive-In at 2565 Mayport Road. Plans show a 105-square-foot alteration to the open patio in the front of the 1,406-square-foot building, an exterior ret...