HungerRush acquires OrdrAI’s AI-driven text message ordering solution

December 4, 2020

HungerRush has acquired OrdrAI, a text and voice ordering provider for the restaurant industry, giving HungerRush Restaurant Management System the ability to…

Subway works with ezCater to build business with businesses

December 4, 2020

ezCater has worked with Subway to launch the QSR's new online catering platform, which a news release said allows guests — particularly businesses — to place…

Jack in the Box giving Diamond Supply tracksuits

December 4, 2020

Jack in the Box is helping customers put something in all those holiday gift boxes through a partnership with streetwear brand, Diamond Supply, that will bring…

Jollibee adding 45 North American stores over 2 years

December 4, 2020

Philippines-based fast-food chain Jollibee will add 28 stores to its North American network — 19 in the U.S. and nine in Canada — next year, marking the…

Rewards Network expands online order platform nationwide

December 3, 2020

After conducting initial tests in Tampa and Detroit, Rewards Network is expanding its online ordering platform nationwide, according to a press release.

Meijer generating 250K restaurant-provided holiday meals

December 3, 2020

Meijer recently launched a holiday meal program designed to support local restaurants and show appreciation for its frontline store and distribution center…

Taco John's set to grow with franchisee incentives

December 3, 2020

Taco John's has launched a development royalty incentive program for prospective franchisees who want to develop free-standing units for the company, a news…

Laying it on thick: Sauce sales set to soar

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

By 2027, the culinary sauce market in the U.S. is projected to be worth nearly another $12 billion or $55.3 billion annually. A lot of that money will be spent…

HotSchedules launches global brand Fourth

December 2, 2020

HotSchedules, a technology and services provider for the hospitality and restaurant industries, is now operating under a unified global brand called Fourth and…

Sales of online gift cards holding steady for fast casuals, QSRs

December 2, 2020

Online gift sales for fast casual and QSR brands held steady during Black Friday weekend this year, according to Paytronix, which examined anonymous aggregate…

Pandemic triggering $95B revenue loss in European restaurant sector

December 2, 2020

After the COVID-19 lockdown in the first months of 2020, restaurants around the world began reopening in the second half of the year, but that's changed the…

Wendy's beckons breakfast biz with free Baconators

December 2, 2020

Wendy's has put itself in prime position to pick up seasonal breakfast business with its latest promotion to give free Breakfast Baconator sandwiches with a…

Uber wraps up Postmates acquisition

December 1, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of Postmates Inc. in an all-stock transaction, and the companies have started integrating U.S. operations…

Wendy's partnering with cloud kitchen vendor to open 400 locations in India

December 1, 2020

The Wendy's Company is partnering with Rebel Foods and Sierra Nevada Restaurants to expand the QSR's presence in India over the next decade. As part of the…

Franklin Junction flaps wings with virtual concept

December 1, 2020

Virtual restaurant operator marketplace, Franklin Junction, has hatched a virtual concept called, WingDepo, as a solution for what it said was for diners…

Hughes Positioned as a Challenger in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services

Hughes also distinguished as a leader on the 2020 Frost Radar for North American Managed SD-WAN Services

NYC ghost kitchen lends hand to pandemic-stricken dine-in-heavy brands

December 1, 2020

Travel, food and entertainment site, Thrillist, is opening what it said is a first-of-its-kind "rotational " ghost kitchen with ghost kitchen operator, Zuul.

Cold Stone 'spoons' with Super Mario Bros.

December 1, 2020

The Super Mario Bros. are turning 35 this year, and Cold Stone Creamery is not letting that birthday pass without showing the little guys and his Nintendo game…

Smokey Bones adds some lift to Wing Experience

December 1, 2020

Casual dining brand, Smokey Bones, is doubling down its efforts with its nearly 1-year-old chicken wing virtual brand, The Wing Experience. The company said in…

The virtues of virtual kitchens, plus a few myths revealed

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

Restaurateurs are popping out virtual brands today like candy from a Pez dispenser, leaving more than a few misconceptions about these concepts in their wake.