'You’re not annoying; you’re marketing': Top takeaways from the Restaurant Marketing Workshop

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Check out these 10 highlights of the Restaurant Marketing Workshop.

Part 2: Cool technology at the NRA Show 2026

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

Editor Mandy Wolf Detwiler spent time in the tech pavilion at the NRA Show checking out the modern tech and wares the show had to offer.

1st Texas White Castle breaks ground, set to open in late 2026

White Castle has broken ground on its first restaurant in Texas, located at Grandscape in The Colony. The grand opening for the new location is expected in…

How best friends are building their pizza and brew empire

Joey Freis and Mitchell Millar bought a pizzeria at 21 with no plan. Now they lead nine restaurants and are getting ready to scale Best Pizza & Brew towards its next destination of 35 locations. In our conversation, we discussed what it took to stop being the answer to every question and start scaling towards their vision.

Onboarding at root of QSRs' turnover problem; here’s how to fix it

by Matt Umholtz — President & CRO, AllianceHCM

To combat the quick-service industry's costly 150% turnover rate, operators must replace clunky paperwork with a frictionless, digital onboarding process that immediately engages new hires with a sense of purpose, automates compliance and frees managers to focus on profitability.

The 1:1 Personalization Playbook: Using AI to send every guest their own offer

In this session, Hang CEO Matt Smolin, whose platform powers millions of AI-personalized offers a month for restaurant brands, will walk through the playbook to start personalizing your own offers right away.

Kalibrate offers best in location selection services, software

Charles Wetzel, CEO of Kalibrate, a location analytics and site selection platform, talks about his company in this video from ICSC 2026 in Las Vegas.