MRM News Bites: Rooster Soup Debuts, USHG Invests in Joe Coffee and The Granola Bar Crunches Expansion

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Each week, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine compiles restaurant industry headlines in MRM News Bites. This time, we feature investments earmarked for expansion of hotspots, a food safety tool kit and "Food Truck Frenzy." Send items of interest to Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

 

Unique Rooster Soup Concept Opens DoorsRooster Soup Co.,  top photo by Michael Persico, expected to open January 23, will become the first for-profit restaurant of its kind to donate 100 percent of its profits to a non-profit organization.  

A partnership between Philadelphia's fried chicken-and-donuts purveyor, Federal Donuts, and Broad Street Ministry's Hospitality Collaborative, Rooster Soup will be an all-day luncheonette with a special mission: to prove that when the interests of for-profit companies and philanthropic organizations are united in addressing common problems, real social change can happen.

The restaurant will extend…