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In a World of Uncertainty, You Can Count on a Summer BBQ
While the world seems shifting between “Ground Hog Day” and constant change, one thing you can count on is that Summertime means BBQ.
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Considering touchless biometric tech? Read this first
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
The pandemic has ushered in a new demand for touchless tech at all levels of customer and employee engagement at QSRs. But before you make the leap to any type…
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Global Franchise Group adds to exec team
July 21, 2020
Global Franchise Group — the parent company of Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Pretzelmaker, Marble Slab Creamery and Round Table Pizza — has added…
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Nathan's serving nickel dogs for Hot Dog Day
July 21, 2020
Nathan's Famous is going retro for National Hot Dog Day — July 22 — offering hot dogs for a price from when the brand first began a century ago — 5 cents…
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Golden Chick signs 20-unit Vegas expansion deal
July 21, 2020
Golden Chick and one of its tenured franchisees, Chris Aslam, have signed a 20-unit deal to expand into the Las Vegas market, a first for the Texas-based…
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Fast food industry worth $932B by 2027
July 21, 2020
The fast food restaurant sector will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% reaching $931.7 billion by 2027, according to ResearchandMarket.com, The…
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Yum Brands partners with Russian company on lab-grown KFC nuggets
July 20, 2020
Yum Brands said it hopes to launch and sell lab-produced chicken nuggets through KFC as part of its "restaurant of the future," according to news release made…
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QSRs: 'Cleanliness is the new ambiance'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Coming clean takes on a whole new meaning for QSRs in the time of COVID-19.
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Free surprise menu items added to Carl's Jr. Postmates orders
July 17, 2020
Beginning today, July 17, Carl's Jr. customers can get a free "surprise menu item" added to their orders from the chain through Postmates as a celebration of…
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Yoshinoya opens 4th San Diego-area store in Spring Valley
July 17, 2020
Yoshinoya America has opened its fourth San Diego, California-area store on Sweetwater Road in Spring Valley with the modern look of the company's latest brand…
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Health officials investigate California Burger King worker's death
July 17, 2020
Health officials are investigating the circumstances around the illness and death of a Santa Monica Burger King employee who died after her co-workers say she…
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KFC heads west for latest Beyond Chicken offering
July 17, 2020
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Beyond Meat partnership product, Beyond Fried Chicken, is returning to the market, this time to more than 50 stores in the Califorinia…
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New virtual summit focuses on innovation, customer experience in self-service, kiosk, vending industries
Networld Media websites, Vending Times and Kiosk Marketplace, are launching a virtual summit that promises to bring attendees the very best in self-service…
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At 121, Yoshinoya's digital transformation delivers rice bowls for a new age
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As what many believe may be the world's oldest fast food chain, Yoshinoya -- with 105 U.S. locations --- is proving that you actually can teach that proverbial…
read nowMeatless Farm Survey Says Over a Quarter of Americans Will Opt for Plant-Based Meat Alternatives When Restaurants Reopen
With Americans champing at the bit to get back to daily routines and neighborhood restaurants, this survey's findings are a telling sign of what restaurant…
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NRA sends emergency restaurant support plan to legislators
The National Restaurant Association tells Congress the industry needs help and it needs it now.
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Yoshinoya helps customers take a dip this summer
July 15, 2020
Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen is inserting a bit of sweetness into its summer menu with the introduction of Donut Dippers at the brand's 100-plus U.S. stores.
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Bbot raises $3M to drive contactless dining platform forward
July 14, 2020
Bbot Inc., a restaurant and hospitality startup focused on simplifying and improving order and pay processes, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led…
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Kraft Heinz invests $48M to expand Missouri manufacturing operation
July 14, 2020
Kraft Heinz has announced plans to invest in its Springfield, Missouri manufacturing facility as part of a five-year, $48 million project to enhance its…
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