Food cost control – Playing the G.A.M.E.

By Libby Libhart

To buy or to build: A very good question

If you're planning to open a restaurant, the option of buying or building each have their own set of pros and cons. Here's what you should consider.

QSRweb.com’s Top 10 of 2010

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

It’s been quite a roller coaster year for the quick-service industry. Restaurants continued to dig out of the economic mess, posting modest improvements; the…

Wells Fargo rolls out mobile payment pilot

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

Wells Fargo & Company is rolling out a Visa microSD mobile payment pilot that will include 200 Wells Fargo team members who are users of specific…

MasterCard, Visa websites shut down in WikiLeaks-related hacker attack

Hackers today shut down MasterCard Worldwide's website and disrupted cardholders' payments.

A small world, after all: International QSR opens in Disney

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Pollo Campero teamed up with its Orlando franchisee Larry Levy to develop and launch Fresh-A-Peel, which features healthier menu options. Both brands are new…

Is a digital menu board tsunami heading for QSRs?

A traditional menu board veteran says the digital menu board tidal wave is ready to hit QSR shores.

Gift cards to boost industry sales

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

Despite modest gains, the National Restaurant Association’s chief economist is predicting the continued tightening of consumer spending.

The evolution of the value menu

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Permanent discount offerings are tricky to balance at already low-price point QSRs.

More than figgy pudding and good cheer

By Amanda French

Dairy Queen marches to the Trusonic beat

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

QSR chain taps new in-store music provider.

What to consider before you Groupon

Successful restaurant marketing can increase guest counts, but if your restaurant is unprepared, it also could ruin your brand.

Call it a comeback: The return of the McRib

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

If any quick-service menu item could come back to life as a rock star, it would be the McDonald's McRib sandwich.

Let your iPhones do the walking

Though geolocation-enabled apps have gained some traction in the restaurant world via search sites and location-based ordering apps, none have involved the…

LaVoie: Supply chain trends for 2011

Where technology and logistics are expected to lead the restaurant industry.

Digital menu boards, kiosks, mobile integration make hip NYC eatery 'a misanthrope's utopia'

by Christopher Hall — w, t

NEXTEP combines digital displays, kiosks and an SMS alert system to create an integrated self-service dining experience.

KFC U.K. units testing table touch screens

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

KFC outlets in Nuneaton and Cannock, United Kingdom are testing minature projection systems that offer touch screen technology in the restaurants' tables and…

The meticulous strategy of Checkers

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Burger chain readies for franchise expansion behind new team of leaders.

Fall back on old classics

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Autumn tends to bring out the best in our senses – vivid colors of changing leaves; nostalgic smells of campfires; pleasant tastes of seasonal spices.

Location, location, location: McDonald's and Burger King U.K. deploy locator apps

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Craving a Whopper or a Big Mac? You're in luck ... if you're in the United Kingdom.