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BBI
Jun 04, 2012
BBI set its highest sales mark to date in 2011, selling more than 370 franchises and master ...

The Soup Kitchen Takes the Taste of Down Home Worldwide

BBI
Apr 08, 2013
With a homestyle touch and made from scratch, always fresh cuisine, The Soup Kitchen, based out ...

The Soup Kitchen gears up for nationwide expansion

BBI
Apr 05, 2013
With a home-style touch and made-from-scratch cuisine, The Soup Kitchen, a three-unit fast ...

The Big Salad Opens Fifth Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan

BBI
Apr 04, 2013
The Big Salad, a chain of restaurants in Metro Detroit serving fresh, custom-made salads, ...

The Big Salad to Franchise Globally

BBI
Apr 02, 2013
The Big Salad, a five-unit chain based out of Detroit, has signed an agreement with Beautiful ...

Q&A: Dean Bastian, chef/owner, Hard Knox Pizzeria, Knoxville, Tenn.

BBI
Mar 04, 2013
"I've always considered myself a restaurant geek and worked in foodservice during and ...

FreshBerry picks up market share in Middle East

BBI
Feb 13, 2013
Currently, there are 20 FreshBerry locations open in the GCC: four units in Bahrain, one unit in ...

FreshBerry's Market Share in Middle East Now 53 Percent

BBI
Feb 13, 2013
Winning a sizeable market share in the Middle East is a big part of FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt ...

Papalani Gelato

BBI
Feb 11, 2013
Papalani Gelato® Franchising Company is a family-owned and operated franchisor of handmade ...

Russo's NY Pizza and Russo's Coal Fired Italian Kitchen

BBI
Feb 11, 2013
By using his culinary experience, Anthony was able to blend the simplicity of the Pizzeria with ...

Affiliate Brands!

BBI
Feb 05, 2013
BBI became a member of a franchise group allowing us access to hundreds of brands if you have an ...

Affiliate Brands!

BBI
Jan 30, 2013
Beautiful Brands International is proud to be representing all of our new Affiliate Brand members! ...

BBI Reports Record 2012

BBI
Jan 04, 2013
Despite an economic slowdown and lagging growth forecasts for 2013, Beautiful Brands ...

FreshBerry opens 49th unit

BBI
Dec 03, 2012
“We were blown away by the opening day sales of $11,000 at our new store in Makkah, Saudi ...

FreshBerry Launches its 20th Store in the Middle East

BBI
Nov 30, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announces the opening of its 20th FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt ...

BBI Kicks Off Franchising Plans for NYPD Pizzeria

BBI
Nov 26, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced a joint venture with Paul Russo to franchise NYPD ...

Camilles and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

BBI
Nov 19, 2012
BBI to franchise coffee and tea concept at Camille's Tulsa-based Beautiful Brands ...

NYPD Pizza signs with BBI to franchise globally

BBI
Nov 01, 2012
Beautiful Brands International announced a joint venture with Paul Russo to franchise NYPD ...

Fast Casual Executive Summit – Gangnem Style!

BBI
Oct 31, 2012
The 7th Annual Fast Casual Executive Summit closed out with a Gangnam Style LipDub from the team ...

CherryBerry Takes Off in First International Market

BBI
Oct 31, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced an agreement with Arif Baigmohammed, Osman Khan, ...

Hard Knox Pizza expanding with BBI

BBI
Oct 15, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced today a joint venture with Dean and Jill Bastian ...

Hard Knox Pizzeria partners with BBI to expand nationwide

BBI
Oct 15, 2012
Hard Knox Pizzeria will be positioned as a fast casual, authentic gourmet pizza concept with its ...

Tweet this: Fast Casual Summit panelist named top tweeter

BBI
Sep 28, 2012
As CEO of BBI, Rutkauskas has helped develop more than 250 restaurants in 43 states and 27 ...

Beautiful Brands' CEO on Twitter's Top 100 List

BBI
Sep 19, 2012
Tulsa-based Beautiful Brands International announced its founder and CEO, David Rutkauskas, ...

Franchising Found to be Major Recent Cause of Chain Growth

BBI
Sep 18, 2012
As the credit markets have begun loosening up, more franchisees are starting to spread their ...

September 2012 Top 100 Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter

BBI
Sep 17, 2012
David Rutkauskas #23 on list of 100!   Over 514k followers!

Roxberry Juice Goes Earth Friendly

BBI
Sep 06, 2012
Roxberry Juice, a fast casual juice smoothie concept based in Salt Lake City, is now making it ...

Roxberry Juice of Salt Lake City, is now making it easier for its customers to drink earth friendly.

BBI
Sep 06, 2012
Roxberry Juice, a fast-casual juice smoothie concept based out of Salt Lake City, is now making ...

Master Franchisee to Open 3 CherryBerry Units in CT

BBI
Aug 30, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the signing of a Master Franchise agreement with ...

CherryBerry opens 100th store

BBI
Aug 17, 2012
The opening of CherryBerry in Whitefish Bay, Wis., marks the frozen yogurt chain's 100th ...

Cherryberry opens in Wisconsin!

BBI
Aug 17, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) today announced the opening of the 100th CherryBerry store, ...

Q&A with David Rutkauskas, founder, president and CEO of Beautiful Brands International

BBI
Aug 16, 2012
TULSA — When the restaurant business in this country got tough, with consumers cutting ...

CherryBerry Expands Presence in Florida

BBI
Aug 15, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) today announced the signing of a Master Franchise agreement ...

Smallcakes Sweetens Up Marietta, Georgia

BBI
Aug 13, 2012
Beautiful Brands International announced an agreement with Mitch Phillips and Lori Potts to open ...

BBI Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of Revived Rex's Chicken

BBI
Jul 31, 2012
BBI Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of Revived Rex's Chicken 

Rex's Chicken reports 9 percent sales growth

BBI
Jul 25, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) is celebrating the second anniversary of Rex's Chicken ...

FreshBerry Breaks Sales Records with Store Openings

BBI
Jun 25, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), announced the opening of its 40th FreshBerry Self-Serve ...

FreshBerry opens unit No. 40

BBI
Jun 22, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced the opening of its 40th FreshBerry Self-Serve ...

Rethink with Paul Barron and David Rutkauskas

BBI
Jun 11, 2012
David's interview with Paul Barron

BBI Announces 80th CherryBerry Unit, in Minnesota

BBI
Jun 05, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), a Tulsa-based fast-casual restaurant innovation company, ...

Beautiful Brands reports record sales, store openings in first quarter

BBI
Jun 04, 2012
Beautiful Brands International, a Tulsa-based fast-casual restaurant innovation company, ...

CherryBerry Expands Throughout Idaho, Utah

BBI
May 14, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the signing of a master franchise agreement with ...

CherryBerry Inks 17-Unit Deal

BBI
Apr 27, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) is continuing the expansion of CherryBerry Self-Serve ...

Fast Casual Top 100

BBI
Apr 24, 2012
Fast Casual Top 100 Movers and Shakers names David Rutkauskas in Top Ten!

USA Today Selects Smallcakes as a Top Cupcake Shop

BBI
Apr 16, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) today announced its franchise brand, Smallcakes A ...

Camille's Sidewalk Cafe rolls out Spring menu

BBI
Apr 13, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced the system-wide rollout of a new Spring menu at its ...

CherryBerry Serves Up Fro Yo in Five New States

BBI
Apr 11, 2012
Beautiful Brands International, a Tulsa-based fast-casual restaurant company, recently inked a ...

Serving up Digital Menu Boards!

BBI
Mar 19, 2012
San Francisco-based Digital Menu Me, a provider of cloud-based digital signage, has announced ...

Ticking like Clockwork!

BBI
Mar 09, 2012
Timing is everything for Beautiful Brands International founder  

Fresh Smoothies Launch at Camille's

BBI
Mar 09, 2012
Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe is rolling out a new menu of nonfat yogurt blends as well as a ...

Camille's Sidewalk Café launches smoothie line

BBI
Mar 09, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced the immediate roll out of its new menu of non-fat ...

BBI Signs Sweet Deal for CherryBerry!

BBI
Feb 17, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced the signing of a master franchise agreement with ...

BBI Launches Fast Casual Sushi Franchise, Sushi Freak

BBI
Feb 10, 2012
  Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced today the official franchise launch of ...

BBI Launches Sushi Freak Worldwide

BBI
Feb 09, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has announced the official franchise launch of its new ...

BBI signs big deal for Smallcakes

BBI
Jan 27, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced an agreement with multi-unit developers Brad ...

Beautiful Brands inks 20 unit Smallcakes deal for North Carolina

BBI
Jan 26, 2012
Beautiful Brands International today announced an agreement with multi-unit developers, Brad and ...

BBI Inks Deal For Multi-Unit Cherry Berry

BBI
Jan 23, 2012
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), a Tulsa-based fast-casual innovation company, today ...

Beautiful Brands Inks Multi-Unit Cherry Berry Deal

BBI
Jan 20, 2012
Beautiful Brands International has announced the signing of a master franchise agreement ...

BBI Unveils Multimedia Website

BBI
Jan 05, 2012
Beautiful Brands unveils Multimedia website

BBI Creating Fast Casual Authentic Italian - Restaurant News - QSR magazine

BBI
Dec 14, 2011
The agreement marks the first and only authentic Italian fast-casual restaurant, created from ...

BBI Brings CherryBerry Frozen Yogurt to Montana

BBI
Dec 05, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the signing of a master franchise agreement with ...

BBI Blends Smoothie Brand Roxberry Juice Into Portfolio

BBI
Dec 01, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced today the addition of Roxberry Juice to its ...

Beautiful Brands' CherryBerry heads into Montana

BBI
Nov 30, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced the signing of a master franchise agreement with ...

Beautiful Brands Inks 40-Unit CherryBerry Deal

BBI
Nov 08, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) named Chris and Dennis Holland as their newest Lead ...

BBI's CherryBerry Signs 40-unit Deal

BBI
Nov 03, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has named Chris and Dennis Holland as their newest lead ...

Beautiful Brands' Q3 Marks Record Growth

BBI
Nov 02, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has reported record net sales and store openings of its ...

BBI Breaks Records in 2011, Preps for Big 2012

BBI
Nov 02, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), a Tulsa, Oklahoma–based fast-casual innovation ...

BBI names senior VP

BBI
Oct 10, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) today announced Geoff Gaskin as its new senior vice ...

Beautiful Brands Adds Cake Icon to Portfolio

BBI
Sep 08, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the addition of iconic Tulsa, ...

Beautiful Brands adds Fast Casual Bakery

BBI
Sep 07, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced today the addition of Tulsa-based Ludger’s ...

BBI opens new store in Durant

BBI
Aug 21, 2011
Tulsa World by: LAURIE WINSLOW World Staff Writer Beautiful Brands International announced ...

Rex's Chicken opens in Durant

BBI
Aug 18, 2011
DURANT — The second Rex's Chicken restaurant, and the first to feature FreshBerry ...

Beautiful Brands President Plans YouTube Talk Show

BBI
Jul 26, 2011
Beautiful Brands International founder, President, and CEO David Rutkauskas announced plans to ...

Beautiful Brands founder to launch YouTube talk show

BBI
Jul 25, 2011
Beautiful Brands founder David Rutkauskas has announced plans to launch a new YouTube talk show ...

FreshBerry & CherryBerry to marry

BBI
Jun 23, 2011
Through a new partnership, Tulsa-based frozen yogurt chains FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafe and ...

Two Berrys Are Better Than One

BBI
Jun 23, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), the parent company of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based FreshBerry ...

Tulsa-based FreshBerry, CherryBerry chains join forces

BBI
Jun 22, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI), parent company of Tulsa-based FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt, ...

Chain Operating Report for June 22

BBI
Jun 22, 2011
Jamba Juice, Johnny Rockets, Saladworks, Smallcakes and Quiznos announce new store openings and ...

CherryBerry frozen yogurt inks franchising deal with Beautiful Brands International

BBI
Jun 22, 2011
BROKEN ARROW - CherryBerry Frozen Yogurt Bar is taking another step to expanding its upstart ...

Beautiful Brands signs 25-unit deal for Smallcakes

BBI
Jun 21, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced an agreement with multi-unit developers, Brad and ...

BBI announces agreement

BBI
Jun 19, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced an agreement with multi-unit developers Brad and ...

Top That! secures international franchise deal

BBI
May 31, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced that it has secured an agreement between Top That! ...

Tulsa-based pizza chains, Mazzio's and Top That Pizza, to add links

BBI
May 31, 2011
Two Tulsa-based pizza chains - Mazzio's and Top That Pizza - say they're broadening ...

Top That! Heads East

BBI
May 31, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced that it secured an agreement between Top That! ...

Beautiful Brands opens foreign offices

BBI
May 15, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has opened branch offices in India, Kuwait and Canada. The move ...

Rex's New Menu Item is a S-Mash

BBI
May 13, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the addition of Mashed Potatoes and Gravy to its ...

Rex’s Chicken brings back Mashed Potatoes

BBI
May 13, 2011
Beautiful Brands International's Rex's Chicken brand has reintroduced its classic mashed ...

To Support Global Growth, BBI Opens Three New Offices

BBI
Apr 30, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the opening of new branch offices in India, ...

Beautiful Brands opens new offices in Canada, India and Kuwait

BBI
Apr 29, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has announced the opening of new branch offices in India, ...

A New Kind of Mom and Pop

BBI
Apr 19, 2011
Family operated quick-serve businesses could be just the thing to help the industry move past ...

BBI founder David Rutkauskas to pen book

BBI
Apr 16, 2011
David Rutkauskas, founder and president of Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has announced ...

David Rutkauskas To Release Self-Help, Business Book

BBI
Apr 16, 2011
David Rutkauskas, founder and president of Beautiful Brands International (BBI), announced his ...

Three Brands, Two Cities, One Store for BBI

BBI
Apr 08, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced plans to open its first multibranded stores in ...

BBI to open multi-brand locations in N.C., Oklahoma

BBI
Apr 07, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced plans to open its first multi-branded stores in ...

Dixies Goes to Saudi Arabia

BBI
Mar 25, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced an agreement with Khalid Al-Sudairy to franchise ...

Doughnut franchise expands in the Middle East

BBI
Mar 24, 2011
Saudi Arabia to get doughnuts TULSA — Beautiful Brands International has signed a deal ...

BBI’s Dixie Cream Donuts inks Middle Eastern deal

BBI
Mar 23, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has signed an agreement with Khalid Al-Sudairy to franchise and ...

FreshBerry Touts Growth

BBI
Mar 03, 2011
TULSA — Twelve new FreshBerry stores have opened in the Middle East, the biggest overseas ...

12 FreshBerry Units Open in Middle East

BBI
Mar 03, 2011
Beautiful Brands International [9] (BBI) announced the opening of 12 new FreshBerry stores in ...

FreshBerry expands Middle East operations

BBI
Mar 02, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has announced the opening of 12 new FreshBerry stores in ...

BBI co-brands Smallcakes, FreshBerry

BBI
Feb 15, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has launched its first ever co-branded store in Jenks, Okla., ...

BBI's Cupcake, FroYo Brands Join Forces

BBI
Feb 15, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the launch of its first cobranded store in Jenks, ...

Smallcakes Goes Big Time

BBI
Feb 07, 2011
The Kansas City cupcakery parlays TV notoriety into a national franchise deal. BakingBuyer. ...

Not Just FroYo: FreshBerry Launches Lifestyle Site

BBI
Feb 03, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the launching of its new FreshBerry Life TV ...

Beautiful Brands launches FreshBerry Life social strategy

BBI
Feb 01, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has launched a new FreshBerry Life TV website at www. ...

Camille’s Sidewalk Café Continues to Manage its Menu

BBI
Feb 01, 2011
While the majority of the foodservice industry took its lumps during the U.S. recession, the ...

BBI inks deal for Greenz Salads franchise

BBI
Jan 23, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has signed an agreement with Larry Koehler and Casie Caldwell of ...

Greenz inks first franchise deal

BBI
Jan 19, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has signed an agreement with Larry Koehler and Casie Caldwell of ...

BBI Inks First Franchise Deal for Salad Concept

BBI
Jan 19, 2011
Beautiful Brands International announced it has signed an agreement with Larry Koehler and Casie ...

BBI Pizza Concept Signs Big Development Deal

BBI
Jan 18, 2011
Top That! Pizza announced the signing of its first development agreement, paving the way for the ...

Top That! Pizza inks multi-state deal

BBI
Jan 13, 2011
In a push to enter the small fast casual pizza segment, Lori Walderich -- chief creative officer ...

Nation’s Restaurant News

BBI
Jan 13, 2011
Dixie Cream Donuts, the donut chain headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., is going to Iraq, Jordan, ...

BBI Signs Deal to Take Doughnut Brand to Middle East

BBI
Jan 10, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced an agreement with Emirates Associated Business ...

Dixie Cream Donuts signs Middle East deal

BBI
Jan 10, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) has signed an agreement with Emirates Associated Business ...

Camille's Sidewalk Cafe rolls out flatbread pizzas

BBI
Jan 07, 2011
Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe has announced a systemwide and immediate roll out of its new ...

Camille's Rolls Out New Line of Artisan Flatbread Pizzas

BBI
Jan 07, 2011
Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe announced the immediate roll out of its new Artisan Flatbread ...

It’s a Sweet Moment for Smallcakes

BBI
Jan 06, 2011
Thanks to 15 minutes of fame on the TV show “Cupcake Wars,” Overland Park’s ...

Doughnut Company Cooks Up Deal

BBI
Jan 06, 2011
TULSA — Dixie Cream Donut Co. is expanding to Iraq, and the Tulsa area will be getting a ...

Cupcakery Becomes 12th Concept in BBI Portfolio

BBI
Jan 05, 2011
Beautiful Brands International (BBI) announced the addition of Kansas City–based cupcakery ...

Smallcakes cupcake store signs franchise deal with Beautiful Brands International

BBI
Jan 05, 2011
The owner of Smallcakes may not have made it far in his debut on Food Network’s Cupcake ...

Beautiful Brands adds to growing portfolio

BBI
Jan 05, 2011
Beautiful Brands International has announced the addition of Kansas City-based cupcakery, ...

Tulsa-based franchise brands head to Mideast

BBI
Jan 05, 2011
Dixie Cream Donut Co. is expanding to Iraq, and the Tulsa area will be getting a taste of ...

BBI inks Dixie Cream franchise deal for Middle East

BBI
Jan 01, 2011
Franchisee to open stores in Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Syria and the UAE. Beautiful Brands ...

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