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Auntie Anne's unveils Pretzelria Delivery Service in select cities
March 10, 2025
Auntie Anne's is debuting its Pretzelria Delivery Service, a white-glove experience designed to bring its pretzels to winners in major pizza cities. Those…
Restaurant group opens dual-branded Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon unit
February 15, 2023
Focus Brands has opened a street-side dual-brand Auntie Anne's + Cinnabon location in Sacramento, according to a press release.
Focus Brands announces 3 chief staff leaders
January 19, 2023
Focus Brands has added three senior leaders to its management team, according to a press release.
Focus Brands brings on restaurant category president, Schlotzsky's chief brand officer
August 26, 2022
Focus Brands, parent company of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's Deli, Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzsky's, has promoted Shelley Harris…
Auntie Anne's partners with brewery to create beer made from pretzels
August 16, 2022
Auntie Anne's has partnered with Philadelphia-based Evil Genius Beer Company to release a beer made with Auntie Anne's signature pretzels, according to a press…
Fresh Dining Concepts acquires 73 Auntie Anne's locations
March 2, 2022
Fresh Dining Concepts has completed its sixth acquisition in less than 10 months. The company, a Focus Brands franchisee of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon and…
Focus Brands to expand non-traditional locations
December 16, 2021
Focus Brands is accelerating its non-traditional unit expansion, according to a press release.
Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon sign 10-unit co-brand development agreement for NYC
November 5, 2021
Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon are teaming up with franchise group Fresh Dining Concepts to bring 10 co-branded Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon locations to the five…
Auntie Anne's co-brands with Jamba for pretzel QSR's 1st drive-thru
May 18, 2021
Auntie Anne's will soon be putting pretzels in drivers' hands thanks to the opening of a combined store with sister brand, Jamba, in Wylie, Texas, a Dallas…
Quelling QSRs' labor pains: Why things must radically change
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In this second of a two-part series on the restaurant industry labor crisis, restaurateurs and industry experts pinpoint the answers all feel are urgently…
'Movin' on up': The gifts of the 3rd- to 1st-party ordering shift
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
What kind of benefits do brands realize when they shift to or just add first-party ordering?
Auntie Anne's offering rolls up to more mealtime business
February 3, 2021
Auntie Anne's is aiming squarely at meal-time business with its latest menu addition, Pretzel Rollups, which come with cheddar cheese, bacon or turkey and…
Focus Brands names former Hilton exec to lead Europe, Middle East, Africa
October 27, 2020
Focus Brands, the parent company of Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon, has named former Hilton Hotels executive, Sean Wooden, as its International's…
Focus Brands adds 4 execs to leadership team
September 3, 2020
Focus Brands has made four key leadership appointments across its system and at two of its fast casual brands — Moe's Southwest Grill and Schlotzky's. "As we…
Auntie Anne's uses auto-ordering recliner to launch mobile-ordering app
August 4, 2020
Auntie Anne's is making it just way too easy for consumers to smother themselves in warm pretzels with its so-called Recline-to-Dine Chair, which it is using…
QSRs say 'XO, XO' during Valentine's Week
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
When plucking the petals off the "loves me, loves me not" daisy, QSRs have definitely landed on "loves me," with a bevy of offerings this Valentine's Week…
Free webinar: Optimize operations by running a data-driven restaurant
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Is your brand's data doing all that it can for you? If you have a sneaky suspicion you might be missing out, check out this March 7 webinar with Focus Brands…
Presidents of Krystal, Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's, Huey Magoo's make up 'Franchising Think Tank'
The Franchising Think Tank is part of the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit, March 11-13, in Louisville.
White Castle, Cinnabon, Your Pie: Travelers along the 'alternate revenue' stream
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Increasingly, QSR brands see the need to expand their revenue universes by creating retail products that can not only add a new source of revenue, but also get…
Focus Brands opens 1,500th international store
September 27, 2018
Multi-restaurant brand group Focus Brands has opened its 1,500th international location. The Auntie Anne's-branded unit, which is in Liverpool, joins the…
