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Independent Restaurants Running on Toast’s All-in-One Platform Outperform Peers by up to 30% During Pandemic
Investments in digital ordering and contactless payments technology allowed Toast to significantly grow their customer community and increase recurring revenue…
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McDonald's lights up Lunar New Year with Asian stars, red envelopes
February 3, 2021
McDonald's is going all-in for one of China's biggest annual holidays, the Lunar New Year, which begins Feb. 12 as the official start to this Year of the Ox.
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Study: Higher menu prices = lower ratings
We've suspected that increasing menu prices might have a less than glowing effect on restaurant ratings, but now we have proof.
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Auntie Anne's offering rolls up to more mealtime business
February 3, 2021
Auntie Anne's is aiming squarely at meal-time business with its latest menu addition, Pretzel Rollups, which come with cheddar cheese, bacon or turkey and…
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Yum Brands names company leader to COO role
February 3, 2021
Yum Brands Inc. has named its former chief transformation and people officer, Tracy Skeans, to COO, according to a news release. She served in the previous…
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Automat Kitchen brings the historic icon to 21st century
February 3, 2021
An American dining icon has returned with the opening of Automat Kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey, the reinvention of the historic establishment but with a…
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Meet the 'auto-taco' — potential QSR game-changer
We've already met the automated pizza line and dumpling automat, now make way for automated taco production.
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Taco Bell takes aim at competitors' celebrity 'faves' promos
February 2, 2021
Calling celebrity favorite-related promotions like those in recent months at McDonald's, "eating someone else's favorites," Taco Bell is spinning off its own…
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Popeyes jumps on GameStop phenom with 'tendies' promo
February 2, 2021
If there's an internet storm, QSRs want in on it, which is precisely why Popeyes has hitched a ride on all the ballyhoo around GameStop stock. That all began…
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McDonald's board chair says Dr. King's words live on in Ronald McDonald House Charities
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is only a couple of weeks behind us, and after all that happened in 2020, Dr. King's "Where Do We Go From Here?" address seems…
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Golden Chick's money-saving move into modular store construction
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In about a month, Golden Chick will open the doors on its first store created entirely through modular design and construction, but it certainly won't be the…
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UK motorway service operator selects Tillster to provide kiosks for Burger King franchises
February 1, 2021
Welcome Break, a U.K. motorway service operators, has selected Tillster to provide in-store ordering kiosks for its Burger King franchises, according to a…
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American Express, Resy want Americans to Order In, Help Out
February 1, 2021
American Express and Resy have launched a Order In, Help Out campaign to rally consumers, and the restaurant industry, to support U.S independent restaurants…
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Free regularly updated 'cheat sheet' on state COVID-19 dining restrictions
February 1, 2021
For restaurant systems with locations in more than one governing jurisdiction, the pandemic has provided a real logistics nightmare in having to keep track of…
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GoTab redesigns online menu, updates referral program
February 1, 2021
Restaurant commerce platform GoTab has unveiled enhanced contactless online menu features and special offers to help operators update and display menus for…
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Dunkin' caffeinates Mondays at no charge
February 1, 2021
Dunkin' is helping its loyalty members open their eyes on the work week this month by offering free Monday medium coffees with all purchases, beginning today…
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Deadline extended for FastCasual Top 100 nominations
February 1, 2021
Fast Casual brands hoping to be considered for the 2021 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers have a few more days to nominate themselves. Nominations are…
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Coolgreens debuts in Orlando
January 29, 2021
Coolgreens, a healthy lifestyle eatery is opening its first virtual kitchen. Located in a multi-functional shared kitchen facility in central Orlando, the…
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Taco Bell, Dunkin', Popeyes top out Entreprenuer's Top Franchises
January 29, 2021
Taco Bell and Dunkin' were the No. 1 and No. 2 spot, respectively, on the latest Franchise 500 ranking from Irvine, California-based, Entrepreneur Magazine…
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Subway calls fake tuna suit a big fish story
January 29, 2021
Subway is refuting claims made in a recently filed federal lawsuit that the tuna it uses is not tuna and might not even be fish. The suit — filed in U.S.
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