How Ike's Love & Sandwiches picked Toast for its national-expansion stack

An Ike's Love & Sandwiches counter at lunch rush, a Toast self-order kiosk at the rail, a line of guests in the foreground, sandwich tickets stacked on the make-line behind.

Inside Toast's chain customer book, the Ike's deployment is the 'from-scratch chain' profile — newer concept, scaling fast, no legacy Aloha to rip out. The operator angle: what Ike's leadership picked Toast over, why the Alicart deal the same month rhymes, and what it means for the 50–200-unit segment in 2026.

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