---
title: "New location and expansion alerts for restaurant chains"
slug: "restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts"
type: "apify-task-example"
url: "https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/examples/restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts"
actor: "AI Account Watch - Custom Sales Trigger Alerts for Any Company List"
actor_url: "https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/ai-account-watch"
apify_url: "https://apify.com/fayoussef/ai-account-watch/examples/restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts?fpr=youssef&fp_sid=abe_ex_restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts"
price: "$0.002"
price_unit: "per company rule check"
---

# New location and expansion alerts for restaurant chains

Monitors restaurant chains and alerts you when one announces new locations or expands into a new city or state. Built for commercial real estate brokers, suppliers, equipment vendors and local sales teams who need to be first in the door. Each alert names the place and links the source.

**Run it:** [New location and expansion alerts for restaurant chains on Apify](https://apify.com/fayoussef/ai-account-watch/examples/restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts?fpr=youssef&fp_sid=abe_ex_restaurant-chain-expansion-alerts)  
**Actor:** [AI Account Watch - Custom Sales Trigger Alerts for Any Company List](https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/ai-account-watch)  
**Pricing:** $0.002 per company rule check

## The input this task runs with

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "Chipotle | chipotle.com",
    "Sweetgreen | sweetgreen.com",
    "CAVA | cava.com",
    "Shake Shack | shakeshack.com",
    "Raising Cane's | raisingcanes.com"
  ],
  "rules": [
    "announces new restaurant locations or expansion into a new city or state"
  ],
  "searchEngine": "google",
  "lookback": "week",
  "country": "us",
  "language": "auto"
}
```

## What every run returns

- `Company & domain`
- `Rule that matched`
- `One-sentence event summary`
- `Event date`
- `Confidence score (0-100)`
- `Evidence quote`
- `Every source article (title, publisher, date, URL)`
- `Source count`
- `Deep-verify result & note`
- `Watchlist name & detected time`

## How to run it

1. Open the task on Apify. New accounts get $5 of free credit.
2. Check the pre-filled input above and change anything you need.
3. Click Run. Pagination, proxies and anti-bot handling are automatic.
4. Export CSV, JSON or Excel, or save it as your own task and schedule it.

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