Domino's, CPK, The Cheesecake Factory, Energy Kitchen and Greenz all announced expansion news.
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPKI), opened a full-service restaurant in Braintree, Mass., the chain's sixth in the Boston area.
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) inked an exclusive licensing agreement with the Kuwait-based Alshaya group of companies to build and operate Cheesecake Factory restaurants in the Middle East. The agreement provides for the development of 22 restaurants over the next five years in five countries – United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – with the opportunity to expand the agreement to include other markets in the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey.
Energy Kitchen, the Manhattan-based fast-casual chain with a health-centric menu, signed an area development agreement to add three units in New York's Nassau County.