RISE - Menu Monitor

Menu Development |
Schlotzky’s Ltd. is testing Carvel and Cinnabon items at two Schlotzky’s restaurants in Austin, TX. The outlets will serve
Carvel’s soft-serve and hand-dipped ice cream flavors in cups, cones, sundaes and shakes. Cinnabon offerings include
Classic Rolls, Caramel Pecanbons, Cinnapacks and Cinnabonstix. The locations will also serve Cinnabon’s CarameLatte
Chills, MochaLatta Chills and Chillattas products. (Company Release 3/29/07; NRN Daily NewsFax 3/30/07)
Cinnabon debuted Cinnamon Churros as a limited-time offer for $1.99. The warm, sweet dough spiral is filled with Makara
Cinnamon with a cinnamon-sugar coating on the outside. (Company Website)
Cinnabon premiered Lemonade Chillatas, available in Classic Lemonade or Strawberry-Lemonade flavors. (Company
Website)
Franchise Activity |
Schlotzky’s Ltd. was purchased by Focus Brands of Atlanta for an undisclosed amount. Focus, which is owned by Roark
Capital Group, franchises and operates about 1,400 outlets of Carvel Ice Cream, Cinnabon and Seattle’s Best Coffee in the
U.S., Puerto Rico and 31 international countries. Schlotzky’s has 365 franchised and company-owned outlets. (Austin
Business Journal 11/20/06; Atlanta Business- ournal-Constitution 11/21/06; NRN Daily NewsFax 11/21/06; Company Release
11/21/06)
Personnel |
Leonore Krentz, CFO
Rich Kamph, V.P. of Purchasing
Debbie Rowley, V.P. of Operations
Gary Bales, President
Greg Regian, CMO
Stan Dorsey, V.P. Research & Development
News & Other |
BYB Brands Inc., and Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages inked a deal to distribute Cinnabon Premium Coffee Lattes
nationwide. Cinnabon Premium Coffee Lattes come in four flavors: Mocha Latte, Caramel Nut Latte, Cinnamon Vanilla Latte
and Espresso & Cream. Cadbury Schweppes will distribute the coffee through its subsidiaries Cadbury Schweppes Bottling
Group and Snapple Distribution Co. (Company Release 1/11/07)
FOCUS Brands plans to test co-branded outlets of Cinnabon, Schlotzsky’s and Carvel Ice Cream in three to five corporate
stores this year. If these co-branded units are successful, the company expects to offer the brands to franchisees by late 2007.
Focus operates 365 Schlotzsky’s, 394 Cinnabons and 536 Carvel Ice Cream units nationwide. (QSR Magazine 2/07 p13)
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