Sweetgreen, the fast-casual salad chain that’s known for its cult-like following and drawing long lines during lunchtime hours, is now valued at over $US1 billion.
On Tuesday, the chain announced it had raised $US200 million in a round of funding led by Fidelity Investments, bringing its total funding to $US365 million… More
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In the Women Entrepreneur series My Worst Moment, female founders provide a firsthand account of the most difficult, gut-wrenching, almost-made-them-give-up experience they’ve had while building their business -- and how they recovered… More
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The Pie Hole, the largest and fastest growing gourmet pie and coffee shop in the world, has solidified a multi-unit franchise agreement to bring its signature specialty pies to Saudi Arabia. The deal gives exclusive rights to the territory to local franchisee Abdulrhman Alrajhi, who will begin with a ten-unit development plan. Alrajhi has sights set on opening the first location of The Pie Hole in Saudi Arabia’s skyscraper-rich capital city, Riyadh, but is looking for additional sites in territories throughout the entire country… More
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