The dine-in experience is getting a makeover option, too.
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Smashburger plans to open more than 40 new restaurants in 2021.
This includes more drive thru, collection, and delivery options — like food lockers.
Smashburger's president also discussed
why its shunning ghost kitchen in favor of prime real estate.
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Fast-casual chain Smashburger is planning on adding to its global network of 250 corporate and franchise restaurants by opening 40 new restaurants in 2021.The chain has focused on a dine-in model in the past but plans to offer more takeout and collection services, accelerated partly by the pandemic.
The restaurants will offer a range of collection and delivery options, as well as traditional dine-in.
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The company plans to focus on "aggressively" opening new stores in busy suburban areas of
Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, and Washington DC, its president, Carl Bachmann, told Insider.
