The KFC in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, converted to a Krispy Krunchy Chicken earlier this month, Minuteman Press reported. Rao’s Hospitality Inc. in Columbus, Ohio owns many of the KFC restaurants in the Ohio and Pennsylvania area. The Cuyahoga Falls location marks the fourth of its KFC stores in Ohio to close in the last two…
Krispy Krunchy Continues Growth
Seven new locations boosts total 2011 store openings to 159. Lafayette, La.-based Krispy Krunchy Foods, a provider of quick-serve restaurant (QSR) concepts with more than 700 retail locations in 23 states, opened seven more stores the last week of June, bringing its total to 159 openings for the year. Some 94 locations were opened in…
Krispy Krunchy Continues Growth
With 146 new locations open in 2011, Krispy Krunchy is on schedule to surpass the 300 mark by December. Krispy Krunchy Chicken opened seven more stores last week, bringing the total number of new locations in 2011 to 146 stores, an average of slightly more than six openings a week. With two weeks left in…
Krispy Krunchy Chicken Opens New Locations
With 132 new stores open already this year, Krispy Krunchy Chicken moves toward its goal. Krispy Krunchy Chicken opened seven new stores this week, bringing its YTD total openings to 132. “I ask each market for its (store opening) goals at the beginning of the year,” said Dan Shapiro, executive vice president of Krispy Krunchy…
New Products Keep Food Sales Fresh
Sophisticated customers are demanding foodservice programs that keep the menu fresh by rotating options and adding new products and flavors. Dan Rotherham, director of operations at Feather Petroleum Inc., which operates 18 Stop ‘n Save c-stores in Colorado, has seen firsthand how adding new products and streamlining store menus has helped business. “We strive to…
Chicken
TOP PERFORMERS Tyson Foods Inc. Chester’s International The Broaster Co. HONORABLE MENTIONS Krispy Krunchy Chicken Squawkers (Brakebush Brothers) For such a little creature, chicken certainly knows how to command a formidable presence on foodservice menus. To fully grasp this indefatigable bird’s share of American stomachs, look no further than this: Each U.S. consumer gobbled up…