{"id":9619,"date":"2015-10-06T11:52:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.franchisegator.com\/articles\/?p=9619"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:05:10","slug":"chef-driven-russos-restaurants-concepts-outperform-2015-sales-projections-companys-most-robust-growth-phase-in-history-12314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/chef-driven-russos-restaurants-concepts-outperform-2015-sales-projections-companys-most-robust-growth-phase-in-history-12314\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef-Driven Russos Restaurants Concepts Outperform 2015 Sales Projections &#8211; Company\u2019s Most Robust Growth Phase in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An innovative new menu featuring more than a dozen new made-from-scratch dishes such as Chicken Kale Pizza; sales increases surging 10-times the industry average; and franchise growth that is reinforcing the brand as a global phenomenon \u2013 these attributes are insuring that Russo\u2019s New York Pizzeria and Russo\u2019s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen are well on their way to extreme global stardom.<\/p>\n<p>Russo\u2019s Restaurants, the family of dining concepts, which includes both Russo\u2019s New York Pizzeria and Russo\u2019s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, announced today restaurant revenue increases that are nearly 10 percent (9.8 percent) higher than original 2015 projections. 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