Noodles & Company

Noodles & Co. will give any restaurant worker a free bowl on March 2

By Lisa Jennings on Mar. 01, 2023

The move precedes an Employee Appreciation Day for the fast-casual noodle chain's own 8,000 workers scheduled for March 3.

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Noodles & Company rolls out plant-based Panko Chicken option

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 18, 2022

The Impossible Foods product is also featured in two new dishes following a successful market test earlier this year.

Financing

High chicken prices give Noodles & Company a headache

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 28, 2022

The noodle chain’s profits missed expectations as inflation ate into margins, but company executives believe that commodity prices have peaked.

Marketing

Noodles & Company responds to high inflation with a new value menu

By Reyna Estrada on Jul. 22, 2022

The fast-casual chain has launched a new $7 menu, saying its customers have started demanding lower prices.

Marketing

Noodles’ new brand identity comes with big employee perks

By Heather Lalley on May 04, 2022

Marketing Bites: Noodles & Company embraces Uncommon Goodness, Sweetgreen lands a new athlete ambassador, and chains get creative for Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day.

Financing

Chicken prices are causing big headaches for Noodles & Company

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 28, 2022

The pasta chain, where half of all customers order a dish with chicken, is adding a temporary $1 surcharge to those items because of soaring protein costs.

Financing

Noodles & Company got hit by a COVID one-two punch

By Heather Lalley on Feb. 24, 2022

The combined impacts of the delta and omicron surges cost the fast casual $8 million in estimated revenue from temporary closures and reduced hours during the fourth quarter.

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