Why Unified Menu Management is Essential for Enterprise Restaurant Operators

If you want to thrive as an enterprise restaurant chain today, there are certain things you can’t live without. Let’s call them the essential ingredients of…

Lion's Choice: Fast food where customers slow down

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

In a QSR world driven by a faster-is-better mentality and constantly abuzz with talk of ghost kitchens and home delivery, one longtime St. Louis-based QSR…

McDonald's quarterly dividend up 8% over last quarter

September 20, 2019

McDonald's said that its quarterly dividend that's payable in mid-December increased 8% over the previous quarter's dividend and will be $1.25 per share of…

Dunkin' expands App-based On-the-Go ordering to all customers

September 20, 2019

Dunkin' now announced that all customers can use its app's On-The-Go mobile ordering feature, previously only available to loyalty club and gift card holders.

Why Self-Order Kiosks aren’t Job-Killers

Instead of being a way to reduce the need for hourly workers, self-order kiosks can drive a need for more workers thanks to increased sales.

Brain scans prove passion in pitch = interest in investors

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Brain scans don't lie, and for the first time a study has used images taken of investors' brains during new business pitches to prove the passion of the pitch…

Arby's Meathouse welcoming Area 51 aliens with special menu

September 19, 2019

If any aliens make it to the "Storm Area 51 Basecamp" event Saturday in Hiko, Nevada, Arby's is making sure they get a taste of Planet Earth.

Long John Silver's partners with Postmates

September 19, 2019

Long John Silver's has partnered with Postmates to bring seafood to consumers' homes and offices from nearly 800 of the brand's locations nationally, a news…

Touchbistro raises $119.24M to expand payments portfolio

September 18, 2019

Touchbistro, a provider of foodservice iPad and POS payment solutions, has raised CDN$158 million ($119.24 USD) in Series E funding in a round led by Omers…

Yum moves Walmart tech leader into CIO slot, names KFC exec chief strategy officer

September 18, 2019

Walmart tech leader, Clay Johnson, will be joining Yum! Brands, Inc. next month as chief digital and technology officer, while the company said it has promoted…

Study: Americans most loyal QSR patrons on planet

September 18, 2019

One of the largest studies every conducted of its kind shows the world's people not only adore their fast food brand favorites, but that where they are on the…

Why White Castle's GMs are probably more loyal than yours

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Attracting and retaining high-quality employees has never been harder than it is today with the unemployment rate at a 50-year low. White Castle, however…

Chick-fil-A/Popeyes chicken war yanked August business away from other QSRs

With the feathers settled on August's Chick-fil-A/Popeyes chicken sandwich face-off, the data has started to come in and it doesn't look great for other QSR…

Del Taco promotes SVP Gretzema to COO

September 17, 2019

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. has promoted its former senior vice president for Strategic Planning and Innovation, Chad Gretzema, to COO. Gretzema has worked at…

Nation's 2nd oldest burger QSR, Halo Burger, reborn at 96

September 17, 2019

Halo Burger is celebrating a long-and-healthy 96 years today, which also just happens to be National Cheeseburger day, which might not even have been around…

McDonald's urges customers to 'stay home' Thursday night

September 16, 2019

McDonald's is calling the world's attention to its huge and ever-growing delivery business this month with a special "Global McDelivery Night In" on Thursday…

Unified Menu Management: Serving Up New Efficiencies

Time for a quick quiz: How many different versions of your menu are floating around online at this very minute? Was your answer a definitive “one?” If not…

Plant-based 'meat' marks 1 year at White Castle, 1st BBQ at Famous Dave's

September 13, 2019

As White Castle marks a year since it introduced the Impossible Slider to its menu, QSR Famous Dave's is testing its own plant-based items as potential menu…

From Filipino 'chili dogs' to South Korean poutine, Indiana's 1st test kitchen readies for launch

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Young chefs with concepts that offer everything from Filipino street food to Midwest/West U.S. fusion cuisine are getting all the startup help they need at a…

Sept 26 webinar focuses on what restaurateurs must know now about labor law compliance

September 12, 2019

From third-party delivery drivers to in-restaurant employees, the bucket of labor laws and other regulations that U.S. restaurant operators must know and…