Gone in a Flash: Restaurant websites abandoning Adobe's platform

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Flash is not compatible with Apple products and is not ideal in Google searches.

Baskin-Robbins introduces Movie Theater Popcorn flavor

January 6, 2014

Baskin-Robbins is celebrating awards show season with its new Flavor of the Month, Movie Theater Popcorn. This flavor features popcorn-flavored ice cream and…

Pizza: Make it thinner! Cook it faster! Fatten profits!

by Darrel Suderman — President, Food Technical Consulting

Cooking a pizza faster enables marketers to promote their pizzas to new customer dayparts and customers with less time on their hands.

Restaurant lunch traffic experiences uptick globally

January 6, 2014

Britain's restaurant and foodservice industry benefited from the area's mild weather with strong visit and spending growth in the third quarter, according to…

Dunkin' Donuts adds whole wheat bagel, multigrain flatbread

January 6, 2014

Dunkin' Donuts has kicked off the New Year by expanding its DDSMART menu to include the sliced turkey breakfast sandwich and a new whole wheat bagel.

Burger King pushes customized coffee blend with new promo

January 6, 2014

Burger King is offering free small smooth roast Seattle's Best Coffee with the purchase of a breakfast sandwich now through Jan. 29. There are 18 breakfast…

Hardee's marks fifth Chicago opening in six months

January 6, 2014

A new Chicago Hardee's location debuted last weekend at 280 W. North Ave., marking the brand's fifth opening in the market in the past six months.

Sonic expanding in Buffalo market

January 6, 2014

Sonic Drive-In has announced a new franchising agreement that will bring eight new units to the Buffalo, N.Y., market within the next six years. According to a…

California McDonald's remodeled for LEED certification

January 3, 2014

McDonald's has re-opened a remodeled restaurant on Central Avenue in Chino, Calif. To celebrate the restaurant's grand opening, educators from three nearby…

NY Dunkin' Donuts offers 99-cent promotion on iced drinks

January 3, 2014

Those in the Big Apple who aren't deterred by this week's snowy, cold weather can take advantage of Dunkin' Donuts' 99-cent iced coffee and iced tea deal…

White castle unveils potato bacon chowder

January 3, 2014

Soup's on at White Castle. The chain sent an email to loyalty members Thursday introducing its new potato bacon chowder. The soup, according to the…

Survey shows small business optimism for 2014

January 3, 2014

ShopKeep POS, a provider of cloud-based business management software for the retail and restaurant industries, recently surveyed more than 640 small businesses…

Consumer Reports puts QSR food images under the microscope

January 3, 2014

A new report from Consumer Reports, slated to run in the February print edition, examines why quick-service food doesn't look the same in person as it does in…

KFC wants consumers to 'rediscover the brand' via new marketing campaign

January 3, 2014

KFC has added a new version of its Boneless chicken using its signature Extra Crispy recipe. Extra Crispy Boneless will be available at KFC locations…

Sysco/US Foods merger: The small independent restaurant just got smaller

The best thing small restaurants can do is band together with a GPO, providing more transparency and security in pricing.

WyckWyre acquires online food safety training platform

January 3, 2014

WyckWyre Food & Hospitality Online Hiring Systems announced that it has acquired the online food safety training platform Keeping It Kleen.

Don't go it alone in 2014

By enlisting a GPO, you can focus your time on key strategic areas like co-branding and operations.

Alabama KFC owner blames Obamacare for closure

January 2, 2014

A KFC restaurant in Chelsea, Ala., has served its last bucket of chicken, with the owner citing the Affordable Care Act as part of the reason for closing.

New Year brings minimum wage increases in handful of states

January 2, 2014

The New Year's holiday brought about an increase in the minimum wage in 13 states. With these increases, there are now 21 states that have minimum wages higher…

Restaurant traffic levels hit 5-month high in November

January 2, 2014

Driven by improving same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index hit a five-month high in…