News & Media
A&W signs development agreements with 10 franchisees
June 24, 2020
A&W Restaurants is expanding in at least six states after signing deals with 10 franchisees, a news release said.
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Carl's Jr., Hardee's heat up summer sandwich LTOs
June 24, 2020
Sister QSR chains, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, are launching two LTOs — both with some heat, but one has beef, and the other is a plant-based offering. The…
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DQ lands Western Kentucky Grill & Chill
June 24, 2020
A Kentucky franchisee is opening a Dairy Queen by month's end in Princeton in the western part of the state. Owned and operated by multi-unit operating group…
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Subway fans ask, 'Where's the (roast) beef?" ... and rotisserie chicken, too
June 24, 2020
Last week we reported to you about Subway's rift with many of its franchisees over a footlong promotion. This week the brand has raised the ire of quite a few…
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Partial single-use packaging trend turnaround with COVID-19
June 23, 2020
In the wake of COVID-19, many, if not most, restaurants have gone back to single-use products to provide customers with clean, first-use packaging and utensils…
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Is your QSR a brand of ... influence?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Want to really pull in that up-and-coming Gen Z-er? Better get to know their online "friends" and fast.
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Making Your Restaurant Safe Again - Give Guests Confidence to Return
We looked at a recent study of top things people say are important as they look at dining again, and how you can provide those things to bring your customers…
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download nowSpike in COVID-19 cases not hindering drops in restaurant transaction declines
June 22, 2020
The spikes in COVID-19 cases in states that have reopened restaurant dine-in services haven't yet impacted the continuing improvement in major restaurant chain…
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Visa programs aim to help 50M SMBs drive digital business
June 22, 2020
Visa is offering 50 million small and micro businesses a range of services to help them grow more efficiently, build their online footprints and promote…
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Paytronix rolls out contactless dine-in platform
June 22, 2020
Paytronix Systems Inc. announced the rollout of its Paytronix Contactless Dining technology, which is designed to help restaurants offer dine-in service with…
read nowTaco Del Mar gets cool
June 22, 2020
Colorado-based Taco Del Mar is proving how cool it can get this summer with new shrimp ceviche dishes, include a citrus shrimp ceviche taco salad and shrimp…
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Online catering marketplace debuts COVID-smart service
June 19, 2020
ezCater is launching a service, called Relish, that offers employers a safe approach to providing office-based workers with boxed lunches from local…
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White Castle savors shortest night with long, tall, cold one
June 19, 2020
Saturday, June 20, is the Summer Solstice, which is also the longest day of the year (in length of daylight, not time since someone will ask). Why does that…
read nowChick-fil-A CEO says most whites 'oblivious' to racism, must repent for it
June 19, 2020
Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy spoke out about racism, recently, imploring "white Christians" to repent for racism and fight for their black "brothers and sisters,…
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&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism
On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so — the…
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Panera, DQ franchisee opening Oath Pizza
June 18, 2020
Covelli Enterprises, the largest franchisee of Panera Bread, has opened an Oath Pizza location on the Ohio Turnpike. It is part of the turnpike service plazas…
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Jollibee opens 1st cloud kitchen
June 18, 2020
Fast-food chain Jollibee will open its first cloud kitchen in metro Chicago Thursday inside a Kitchen United outpost in River North on North Sedgwick Street…
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Networld Media employees honor late founder Alan Fryrear
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Alan Earl Fryrear, co-founder and chairman of Networld Media Group, died at the age of 81 on June 10, 2020.
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Former Blaze Pizza exec named Yoshinoya CMO amid brand's digital expansion
June 18, 2020
Kim Freer, Blaze Pizza's former VP of Brand Marketing, has moved into the CMO's office at Yoshinoya America. The brand said she brings a level of expertise in…
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