Buzzworthy Brands

GSR Brands, the parent of Cincinatti’s iconic Gold Star chili concept, acquired Tom & Chee in late 2017. At the time, Tom & Chee was a grilled cheese and soup brand with a cult following. It had been ...

8 Jun 202124min

Southern Classic Chicken started in Northern Louisiana 35 years ago and has since grown to 17 units. The low-tech concept has developed a loyal following with its consistent menu of bone-in fried chic...

25 Mai 202122min

How Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken is back in growth mode and is now seeing profits increase at both company-owned and franchised stores after its founder and CEO Tom Ferguson realized t...

4 Mai 202126min

Restaurant Business Editor-at-Large Peter Romeo joins the Buzzworthy Brands podcast to discuss promising recent signs for on-premise brands, and how these concepts will be forever changed by the pande...

20 Apr 202125min

Bluestone Lane, the 50-unit coffee shop-cafe concept with Australian roots, was hit hard by the pandemic. But founder and CEO Nicholas Stone said the brand is moving from survival mode to a renewed fo...

6 Apr 202132min

Roots Chicken Shak has two units, in Plano and Austin, Texas, right now. The restaurants themselves are tiny, but Chef Tiffany Derry and her business partner, Tom Foley, have grand plans to change the...

23 Mar 202129min

After deciding a career in law was not for him, Gregory Zamfotis started Gregorys Coffee in 2006 in Manhattan. Growing up, his father owned a number of food and beverage businesses, which inspired the...

9 Mar 202131min

Knead Hospitality & Design is a multi-concept restaurant group based in Washington, D.C. The group not only runs its restaurants, but it designs them as well. Knead is known for partnering with well-k...

23 Feb 202125min