Qdoba taps former CKE exec as CDO

June 7, 2021

Qdoba has named Jim Sullivan, a former CKE Restaurant Holdings exec, as chief development officer to lead market planning, site selection, real estate…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Revel

Revel Systems powers the ambitions of restaurants and retailers with a robust cloud-based Point of Sale and business management system. Improving day-to-day…

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Restaurant exec search firm takes on franchisee-brand matching

June 4, 2021

Restaurant executive search firm, ClearPath Solutions, is getting into the franchise business of sorts. The company said this week that it's launching an arm…

Lighting a fire under restaurant leaders about employee burnout

Irritability. Impatience. Super-sensitivity. All are signs your employee might be experiencing on-the-job burnout. Here's why restaurant leaders should not…

Nathan's Famous to offer 'vegan' dog at 13 stores

June 4, 2021

Nathan's Famous is growing its plant-based offerings, adding a vegan hot dog this coming Monday at 13 New York locations of the chain, according to the New…

After 2 years, Culver's again debuts Flavors of the Day

June 4, 2021

Need proof the nation's getting back to normal? Look no further than Culver's, where for the first time since 2019 the chain is adding items to its Flavor of…

Former Moe's exec named Yoshinoya US CEO

June 3, 2021

Former's Moe's Southwest Grill operations executive Jon Gilliam has been named CEO at Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen U.S., as the brand prepares for rapid growth…

Subway in Singapore features branded vending machine

June 3, 2021

A Subway restaurant in Singapore has introduced a vending machine that will allow customers to purchase sandwiches, according to a mustsharenews.com report.

FoodStorm catering software introduces retail kiosk

June 3, 2021

FoodStorm, a catering software provider, has launched FoodStorm Kiosk, a self-serve kiosk for in-store customers to place orders for catering, prepared…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Beekeeper

Beekeeper's mission is to transform the way 2 billion frontline employees work with a mobile-first communication platform that reaches every shift, location…

McDonald's tests automated drive-thrus in Chicago

June 3, 2021

McDonald's is testing automated drive-thrus at 10 locations in its home base city of Chicago. The systems use AI software and come as a result of the company's…

Movin' up in the QSR fast lane: Tesla, the restaurant

June 3, 2021

Late last week the upscale automaker, Tesla, filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to use it familiar stylized "T…

Report: Digital did a 'real number' on restaurants last year

June 3, 2021

By now every restaurateur is aware 2020 was restaurant tech's big year, but what many may not fully realize is just how big last year was for restaurants that…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: The Dairy Alliance Foodservice Partnership

As a part of the National Dairy Council and funded by US dairy farmers, The Dairy Alliance provides resources to restaurant chains to assist in the development…

The business case for avatars

June 2, 2021

Will avatars be the next game changer for the highly competitive retail, foodservice, banking, health care and hospitality industries?

World's biggest meatpacker reopening after ransomware attack

June 2, 2021

Slightly more than a day after the world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, closed U.S. and Australian operations due to a cyberattack, operations are slowly coming…

How QSRs can get chargebacks off their backs

by Monica Eaton Cardone

The growth of delivery services has been great for QSRs, but it's also been pretty good for those ne'er-do-wells seeking to perpetrate fraud via chargebacks.

Smaller, 'disadvantaged' restaurants get crack at LAX space

June 2, 2021

Small, local businesses and certified Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, known as ACDBE, now have an increased opportunity to win one of…

Dunkin, Krispy Kreme dive 'hole-heartedly' into Doughnut Day giveaways

June 2, 2021

That scent you smell in the air is nothing other than the precursor to that Hole-y-est of holidays — National Doughnut Day, which takes place this Friday in…

Coca-Cola sends restaurants love poems in form of free drinks

June 2, 2021

Coca-Cola is waxing poetic as the warmer weather moves us into prime soft drink-sipping weather. The beverage company is not only engraving rhymes across…