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Heather Lalley

@flourgrrrl.bsky.social
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Director of communications, IFMA The Food Away from Home Association. Fry fan. She/her.

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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Tell him hi from me!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
* WALMART CEO - FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BELOW $50,000, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT WALLETS ARE STRETCHED - CONF CALL * WALMART CEO - IN Q4 MAJORITY OF THE SHARE GAINS CAME FROM HOUSEHOLDS MAKING MORE THAN $100,000 - CONF CALL @reuters.com $WMT
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Fun fact: There's an actual Miracle Mile strip mall in my hometown of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Maybe he was confused?
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
That was a fabulous show!
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I've covered a lot of James Beard Awards nights, but this one was especially moving, getting to hear so many immigrant stories. Anyone who says food isn't connected to politics and policies is dumb. www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/r...
restaurantbusinessonline.com
The real James Beard Award stars? Immigrants
Recipients and presenters at Monday’s black-tie ceremony honoring the restaurant industry’s best acknowledged a political climate of
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Jonathan Maze @jonathandmaze.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Let's talk Subway .. Subway closed another 600+ locations last year. It now operates 19,500 restaurants in the U.S. It has closed 7,600 restaurants since 2015, which is the same number that Taco Bell operates in the U.S. restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/su...
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Subway closed more restaurants last year
The sandwich giant closed more than 600 U.S. locations in 2024, according to the company’s franchise disclosure documents. It has fewer
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I've had the name Flour Girl on social media for 15-ish years now. I really need more carb-focused accessories. Enter Panera, with its new croissant clutch. I probably wouldn't store a sandwich in there, though. But I might.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We ordered it. It's quite tasty! Though it's hard to go too wrong with cheese-stuffed carbs.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Checked out breakfast at Portillo's yesterday, in test at a few Chicago-area locations. Overall, quite tasty. Though not ideal if you're wanting to eat while driving.
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Jonathan Maze @jonathandmaze.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I have to acknowledge that decades of enduring ridiculous April Fools press releases have made me dread this day largely because I have no idea what's true or what is not. Which makes this piece by @flourgrrrl.bsky.social rather refreshing ...
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Restaurants go easy on the fooling this April 1
Marketing Bites: With one fast-food chain admitting “trust issues are real,” this year’s April Fools’ Day pranks are on the mild
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livetodineout.bsky.social @livetodineout.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Five years since Covid, restaurant delivery is now a necessity. Here’s the 2nd in our series on how the industry has changed, by Joe Guszkowski www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/c...
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COVID made delivery a way of life for restaurants
The pandemic introduced many Americans to the ease and convenience of food delivery. It has now become too big for restaurants to ignore.
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Jonathan Maze @jonathandmaze.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This story is our second in a series on the restaurant industry five years after COVID. @flourgrrrl.bsky.social interviewed some restaurant operators she spoke with in 2020. One of them is, apparently, a pig farmer now. www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/5...
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My first journalism internship in college was at the Post Bulletin. Was an afternoon paper then and we had to listen to a scratchy recording from the sherrif's office (I think) to get the day's weather report. One computer in the office had "the internet." I am old.
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restaurantbusiness.bsky.social @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Pandemic Voices: Michael Roper, founder-owner, Hopleaf Bar
The owner of the Chicago gastropub reflects on the significant consumer changes he has seen since March 2020.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I covered independent restaurants in 2020, so I revisited some of the folks I interviewed back then to see how they're doing now. The good news? They're all still in business. The less-good news? They're fearful of what lies ahead.
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restaurantbusiness.bsky.social @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Why On the Border filed for bankruptcy
The Week in Restaurants: The weekly restaurant news podcast includes a discussion on the lastest casual-dining chain bankruptcy, Del Taco’s Colorado closures and Applebee’s franchising. Also Taco Bell.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Add it to the list: * Starbucks to Lay Off More Than 1,000 Workers -- WSJ
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
At the airport bright and early to head to Nashville for my first Convenience Retailing University with @cspdailynews.bsky.social. Will I see you there? #CRU25
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Buying Hooters to turn it into the world's first pay-what-you-can food pantry with virulently sexual undertones.
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Hooters in Talks to Prepare a Bankruptcy Filing in Coming Months
Hooters of America is working with creditors on a plan to restructure the business through bankruptcy court in the coming months, according to people with knowledge of the arrangements.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Aww. Absolutely delightful. Honored you thought of me!
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restaurantbusiness.bsky.social @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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For Patrick Doyle, franchisee health remains the key metric
The executive chairman of Burger King owner Restaurant Brands International has helped brands thrive with a simple idea: They do well when their franchisees do well.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Love this piece from Pat Cobe, the menu editor at @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social, about a fancy dinner put on by Subway using only the chain's ingredients to create white tablecloth dishes.
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Subway deconstructs its menu into an immersive, upscale 5-course dinner
The fast-food chain’s culinary team showcased ingredients featured on its sandwich menu in each of the chef-curated courses.
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Jonathan Maze @jonathandmaze.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Yum Brands U.S. 4Q same-store sales: KFC -5% Taco Bell 5% Pizza Hut -2% Habit: flat $YUM
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Fabulous reporting by @jonathandmaze.bsky.social about the collapse of a once-thriving Pizza Hut franchisee's business. A $97 million deal to sell his stores fell through, highlighting the downfall of "the relationship between Pizza Hut and one of its largest operators."
restaurantbusinessonline.com
The downfall of Eduardo Diaz's Pizza Hut empire
The Bottom Line: How did one of the pizza chain’s largest franchisees fall out of favor with the brand and lose nearly 90% of its value in
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social focaccia is pretty fantastic. www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2025/01...
Full, baked focaccia breadSliced, fresh-baked focaccia loaf
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Depressed about fascism coming to America? This one pot cassoulet will make you feel like you’re living in Vichy France.
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cspdailynews.bsky.social @cspdailynews.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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U.S. Convenience-Store Count Edges Down Slightly
Little change to industry total compared to 2024, according to annual NACS/NIQ TDLinx report
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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
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restaurantbusiness.bsky.social @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Restaurants ring in the New Year with realism
Marketing Bites: Operators are appealing to resolution-makers with healthy LTOs, but marketers are also having some fun with the human tendency to ditch those resolutions before the calendar flips to February.
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restaurantbusiness.bsky.social @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Sysco employees say they're set to strike in Houston—and possibly elsewhere
The walkout would affect a host of restaurants in the market, including local units of The Cheesecake Factory, Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, Pappas Restaurants and the Buc-ee's c-store chain, according to the local Teamsters chapter planning the strike.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
BREAKING: Starbucks Workers United is going on strike. Tomorrow unionized Starbucks workers are walking out in multiple key cities. And @sbworkersunited.org's rolling strike will grow in the coming days. 537 stores and 10,000+ workers are in the union and could potentially strike.
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Got a press release about the McDonald’s McRib Caroloke Holiday Bus Tour and I probably could've lived my whole life not knowing that was a thing.
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hey! @restaurantbusiness.bsky.social and @cspdailynews.bsky.social are both here now. Follow them if you follow the restaurant and/or convenience-store industries.
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K.R.Kring @krkring.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Here's some talented, earnest truth telling Chicagoans you'll like following, if you go in for that kinda thing. bsky.app/start/did:pl...
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Heather Lalley @flourgrrrl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Solid 2024 energy there.
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