News & Media
How the restaurant industry is staying the course during the pandemic
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As coronavirus is officially dubbed a pandemic by the World Health Organization, restaurant brands are doing their best to adapt.
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Del Taco delivers lackluster Q4, FY 2019 results
March 12, 2020
California-based Del Taco Restaurants Inc. turned in a disappointing Q4 financial performance as well as lackluster fiscal year 2019 results this week for the…
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RFIS 2020 Sponsor Preview: Attentive
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform for innovative businesses that can quickly become a Top 3 revenue channel.
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Wendy's return to breakfast central to new GasBuddy partnership
March 11, 2020
Wendy's has partnered with the gas expense-saving travel and navigation app GasBuddy to promote the QSR's return to the breakfast daypart, which on March …
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Partnership helps QSRs plug 'gig workers' into empty shifts
March 11, 2020
The gig worker staffing app Instawork said today it has partnered with web-based employee scheduling software provider StaffMate Online to help restaurants…
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PAR Technology intros API integration with eTouchMenu, Brink POS
March 10, 2020
PAR, a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. has announced an integration with eTouchMenu digital menu solutions and Brink POS software. With this integration…
read now7shifts debuts 7tasks to track tasks, boost accountability
March 10, 2020
Restaurant software platform 7shifts is launching a platform called 7tasks that lets restaurant managers create and delegate task lists for workers that also…
read nowStudy: Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell order-for-pickup among fastest routes to food
March 10, 2020
An ROI study, released this week by order-ahead platform Rakuten Ready found that consumers' beliefs about the quickest ways to order and get their food at…
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Subway names former Carrabba president as operating, insights chief
March 10, 2020
Subway Chief Operating and Insights Officer Mike Kappitt (photo provided). Subway restaurants has named former Carrabba's Italian Grill President…
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McDonald's, Taco Bell celebrate the 'power of 3' in new LTOs
McDonald's and Taco Bell each kick off LTOs focused on tripling the sizes of two favorite menu items.
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QSR digital signage strategy: Brand news under wraps, or resource, mostly untapped?
Are QSRs really mining all the potential proverbial "gold" that digital signage can yield when used to its maximum effect? The answer to that remains unclear…
listen nowPostmates offers 'contact-less' delivery amid coronavirus concerns
March 9, 2020
Postmates has introduced a feature it has dubbed Dropoff Options, where customers can specify how they choose to receive their deliveries, according to Medium.
read nowCoronavirus redirects Tim Hortons promo
March 9, 2020
Tim Hortons has altered its most current promotion that was set to begin Wednesday in order to address public health concerns around the coronavirus. The brand…
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El Pollo Loco posts 3.9% Q4 comp sales gain
March 6, 2020
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. said its Q4 financial results for the 13 weeks that ended Dec. 25, 2019 showed marked improvement over the numbers from a year…
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Hardee's free biscuits boost up 'worst Monday of year'
March 6, 2020
In a recent survey, Hardee's learned that a full 60% of Americans dubbed next Monday — you know, the one after the switch to Daylight Saving Time this…
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Meet 'Alfred,' a QSR robot that fits existing kitchens, recipes
March 5, 2020
There's a new player in the robotic kitchen market and it not only has a lot of hefty flexible arms, but just got a nice hunk of cash according to its maker…
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Taco Bell to test restaurant re-dos centered on socializing, tech, games
March 5, 2020
Taco Bell is going to test converting some of its locations into what the brand has dubbed "fast social" restaurants that use tech and other systems to make…
read nowEl Pollo Loco launches 'Chickenless Pollo'
March 5, 2020
El Pollo Loco has rolled out its own plant-based chicken alternative, dubbed Chickenless Pollo, now available at all its 485 stores, a news release said.
read nowBiggest McDonald's independent franchisor declares 11-cent FY2020 dividend
March 5, 2020
Latin America's biggest restaurant chain and the world's largest independent McDonald's franchisee, Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc., announced that on March 3, its…
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American QSR customers enter their 'blue mood'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
What do purple food, an illegal South American bean and a funky blue fungus on corn have in common? According to Technomic, they're all proven, promising food…
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