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Veggie Grill Makes its NYC Debut

Veggie Grill opened its first New York City location Thursday at 12 W. 23rd St in the Flatiron District. As Veggie Grill’s 37th location, this marks the company’s entrance into the New York market and continued expansion on the East Coast. Veggie Grill is now available in the vibrant Flatiron neighborhood with a buzzing retail…

Eagle Merchant Partners Sells Chicken Salad Chick to Brentwood Associates

Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a consumer-focused private equity firm, announced it has acquired a majority interest in SSRG Holdings, LLC (“Chicken Salad Chick” or the “Company”) from Eagle Merchant Partners. Terms of the deal are confidential. Chicken Salad Chick has 137 locations throughout 16 states predominantly in the Southeast and is a leading fast-casual restaurant company.…

Postino’s New Broadway Outpost Will Serve Wine Under A Psychedelic Glass Fixture

The Arizona-based Upward Projects  restaurant group makes a point of opening each new location of its Postino Wine Cafe chain inside a historic urban space. But Upward Projects has never previously opened a Postino in a building as old as the one at 145 North Broadway in Baker, where the chain’s second Denver wine bar will officially…

Brentwood Associates Announces Sale of Marshall Retail Group

Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a consumer-focused private equity investment firm, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell The Marshall Retail Group, LLC (“MRG”), to an affiliate of WH Smith PLC (“WH Smith”). MRG is America’s largest, independent specialty retailer in the airport and resort marketplace, and WH Smith, founded in 1792, is one…

Best Online Shops 2020

The attractions of online shopping draw hundreds of millions Americans to the web every year. You can compare prices, read reviews, avoid crowds and checkout lines, track down hard-to-find items—and do it 24/7 without leaving your house (or, let’s admit it, your desk). In 2016, 209.6 million people in the U.S. browsed products, compared prices…