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Sheetz, operator of a chain of approximately 300 convenience stores, unveiled its first restaurant here Thursday.

The 10,000 square-foot concept combines a convenience store with a fast-casual restaurant that features digital menu boards and touch-screen order points. Sheetz is testing the new concept for six to 12 months before adding additional locations, according to Colleen Devorris, Sheetz’s director of brand development. The restaurant has 62 seats inside and 46 seats outside as well as a drive-thru. Some of the concept’s menu items include brick oven pizzas, salads, paninis, subs, gelato and an espresso bar.

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Restaurant visionary Richard Melman has something new in his sights: upscale grocery stores.

In a first for his Lettuce Entertain You chain, Melman is partnering with Minneapolis grocery chain Lund Food Holdings to open a new, in-store Asian food counter in its Lunds and Byerly’s grocery chains.

The deal stretches Lettuce into new territory once again as it tries to capture consumers outside traditional restaurants.

“Lettuce isn’t afraid to look at other ideas,” said Kevin Brown, president and chief executive of Lettuce, whose varied restaurants include Scoozi, Wildfire and Mon Ami Gabi.
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In Italy, as you may have heard, there’s a new law that doubles as “a marketing tool to brand Naples forever as the cradle of pizza,” reports Al Baker in The New York Times. The law was passed in May, “at the behest of the Association of Real Neapolitan Pizza, a group with 2,500 members worldwide,” with the support of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi himself. [Read more…] about Legal Pizza…

lockbuster has a very big-footed rival about to stomp on its turf: Ronald McDonald. McDonald’s (MCD) on Monday will announce plans to begin testing DVD rental kiosks at all 105 Denver store
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