Quiznos Targets Convenience Stores and Gas Stations - Quiznos, has launched an aggressive expansion plan that will increase their number of mini-stores from 125 to 700 by the end of 2012. The expanding concept will also include breakfast items to attract customers who may stop in the filling stations for morning coffee.
The Wall Street Journal

Panera Bread Opens Its First Drive-Thru - Panera Bread opens its 27th café in Colorado which features a drive-thru. The expanding restaurant concept thinks that the high traffic volume in the area provides the perfect location to launch this new concept.
Denver Business Journal

Go Hog Wild in Dayton - Wild Hogs Roadhouse will be a new biker-friendly bar and grill that will open in May of 2010 on 30 acres in Dayton, Ohio. The facility will feature a 4,300 square foot bar and restaurant and an outdoor stage.
Dayton Biz Journal

Dixie Cream Donuts looks to Georgia for Expansion - Dixie Cream Donuts, a subsidiary of Beautiful Brands International is seeking Atlanta sites for it’s continued expansion in 2010. David Rutkauskas, CEO of BBI, sites Atlanta’s busy airport as one of its draws.
Dallas Business Journal

TheRetailPlanet.com announces the launch of its United States web services platform, USRetailCenters.com and the ShopPoint^TM database of major chain retailers and shopping centers. The website has been in Beta since June of last year and the FREE Bronze membership allows users access to over 900,000 shopping, retail and business centers. The site offers more than 1,000 reports and maps to users with tools and report packages targeted to specific user groups: retailers, city planners, developers, small businesses, brokers/owners and consumer marketing groups. ShopPoint^TM is unique because it offers comprehensive coverage of large and small centers integrated with over 1,500 major chain retailers in a relational format. Until now, center databases have concentrated mostly on the larger centers, leaving hundreds of thousands of "gaps" in the market where approximately 80% of retail business takes place.

TheRetailPlanet is proud to be a partner with Retail Lease Trac. Coming later in 2010, many reports and services will be available directly on the Retail Lease Trac site (www.rltrac.com) through TheRetailPlanet's API tools.