Zoes Kitchen

Star investors lend upstarts a halo of success

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 20, 2017

The upscale restaurant market has its celebrity chefs, but the limited-service sector is giving rise to a group of marquee-name investors whose very interest tends to anoint their holdings as likely successes.

Workforce

Zoes Kitchen debuts employee support program

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 17, 2017

The Goodness Fund financially supports employees who experience unforeseen emergencies.

Operations

Off-premise boom drives sweeping ops changes

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 24, 2018

Restaurants are reformatting their layouts and processes to accommodate the shift in their business toward takeout, delivery and catering.

Zoes’ new takeout bid: Family meal packs

Sep. 10, 2014

The fast-growing Mediterranean chain is offering what it describes as complete family meals built around such entrees as kabobs.

Technology

Zoe’s tests KDS system

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 25, 2015

The four-unit experiment “is going extremely well,” CEO Kevin Miles told Wall Street.

Zoes Kitchen’s Q3 comps grow

By Kelsey Squire on Nov. 20, 2015

The fast-casual chain also posted a net loss, despite higher revenues.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.