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Pret A Manger Relaunches Club Pret With $50/Mo Subscription
Pret A Manger is repositioning its beverage subscription at $50 per month, signaling that daily-drink loyalty programs …
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VIP Taps Encompass CPTO to Lead AI Push Across F&B Tech Stack
VIP's hire of Emiliano Delucia, fresh from leading Encompass Technologies' agentic AI platform, signals the company is …
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Califia Farms Extends Coconut Dominance Into Creamer Aisle
Califia Farms is converting café-driven coconut momentum into a retail creamer play, pairing two USDA Organic SKUs with…
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Absolut & Ocean Spray Double Down on High-ABV RTD
Absolut and Ocean Spray are entering the high-ABV RTD lane with a two-shot, 9% canned vodka cranberry — timed to a segm…
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Butterball Refreshes Turkey Bacon Across Retail Nationwide
Butterball's updated turkey bacon delivers a smokier, more traditional bacon taste after consumer-informed product deve…
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Brightland Taps HCM for Earned Media and GEO Push
Brightland is pairing its California-sourced pantry brand with an agency mandate that explicitly includes generative en…
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Taco Bell x Milk Bar Deploy Birthday Cake Empanada LTO
Taco Bell's latest Milk Bar drop packages dessert innovation with a Rewards Member birthday mechanic, offering QSR oper…
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Dave's Hot Chicken Hits 500 Units With Global Franchise Push
Dave's Hot Chicken reached 500 restaurants on October 8, anchored by aggressive domestic and international development …
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Michelin Guide Dubai Hits 122 Restaurants in Fifth Edition
Michelin Guide Dubai's fifth edition, unveiled at Atlantis The Royal, now covers 122 restaurants across 38 cuisines — a…
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Sysco Closes $14.65B Notes Offering in Dual-Currency Deal
Sysco Corporation has closed a dual-currency public notes offering totaling $14.65 billion and €1.0 billion, a capital …
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Sysco Earns Southern Smoke Hall of Flame for Worker Support
Sysco's Hall of Flame recognition from Southern Smoke Foundation signals how large foodservice distributors are embeddi…
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Freddy's Signs Five-Unit Philippines Deal in Southeast Asia Push
Freddy's has tapped OMG Holdings OPC to open five locations in the Philippines starting in 2027, its first footprint in…