Is your restaurant technology ready for 2021?

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

Restaurateurs learned a lot about the potentially business-saving qualities of restaurant tech in 2020, as the pandemic forced brands to find ways to still…

Jack in the Box springs out a crispy chicken sandwich

December 17, 2020

Jack in the Box is putting a new player in the crispy chicken sandwich foray with its newly introduced Cluck Sandwich featuring pickles and what the brand…

Toast donating $35M to restaurant recovery

December 17, 2020

Toast POS, a restaurant management platform, is donating $35 million worth of free services and funding as part of a winter restaurant relief plan to support…

Lee's Sandwiches gives frontliners free coffees, croissants

December 17, 2020

California-based Lee's Sandwiches is giving frontline responders free coffee and croissants Friday through Jan. 18 at the chain's 60 locations across eight…

Cookie dough QSR 'scoops' up virtual shop possibilities

December 17, 2020

The 3-year-old cookie dough-centered QSR, Scooped Cookie Dough Bar, will open 17 locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Florida in January of…

Amy's Drive Thrus score high on social, environmental certification

December 17, 2020

Northern California organic fast food brand, Amy's Drive Thru and its sister San Francisco Bay area business, Amy's Kitchen have achieved Certified B…

Restaurants, third-party delivery companies agree on public policy principles

Restaurant leaders and third-party delivery providers have released their first public policy guidelines around principles for restaurant delivery provision in…

Just in time for a Santa snack: Nacho Fries coming back

December 16, 2020

Taco Bell's Nacho Fries have a popularity that ranks right up there with Santa Claus, so the brand is bringing the spicy offering back this season beginning on…

McDonald's mentor program pairs rap star with rising star

December 16, 2020

McDonald's has partnered with rapper, singer and songwriter Big Sean to serve as the second mentor in its virtual content series, McDonald's Black &…

Inspire names Dunkin', Baskin-Robbins presidents

December 16, 2020

Inspire Brands Inc. has completed its previously announced $11.3 billion acquisition of Dunkin' Brands Group, making it the nation's second-biggest restaurant…

Old Chicago's parent company opening 175 virtual locations

December 16, 2020

Nashville, Tennessee-based SPB Hospitality has launched its first virtual concept, Twisted Tenders, across 175 locations in 33 states, and a news release said…

A&W LTO: Get 'em while they're hot

December 16, 2020

A&W Restaurants' Sriracha Cheese Curds steamed up sales for the Lexington, Kentucky-based brand when they first hit its menus last year, so the QSR is…

Golden Chick hatches store No. 200

December 16, 2020

Golden Chick will officially open its 200th location Thursday in Allen, Texas, featuring a swag bag for the first 200 guests at the Baumgartner Way location, a…

How Church’s Chicken Uses Data To Drive its Digital Marketing

In his recent episode of Restaurants Reinvented, Alan explains why one-to-one marketing is his ultimate goal, how data quality trumps quantity, and why…

Mobivity, Par Tech partner to drive digital transformation

December 15, 2020

Mobivity Holdings Corp., a provider of personalized customer engagement solutions, is partnering with Par Tech Inc., a point-of-sale software provider.

Welbilt teams with Apex Supply Chain Technologies on food pick-up lockers

December 15, 2020

Welbilt Inc., a foodservice equipment supplier, is teaming with Apex Supply Chain Technologies to manufacture and distribute the Flow-Thru 10,000 line of food…

2 things QSR self-service can't do without

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Consumers want self-service, but they also want to speak to an employee when necessary, according to the keynote presentation at last weeks Self-Service…

Cava enhances app with payment options

December 15, 2020

Cava, a mediterranean brand that operates 80 restaurants and a wide range of products sold in food markets, is taking a tech-forward approach in updating and…

Subway names Choice Hotels exec to lead brand communications

December 14, 2020

Subway restaurants has named former hotel public relations executive, Lorri Christou, as its vice president of Public Relations, Communications and Public…

DoorDash launches financial platform

December 14, 2020

DoorDash is launching its first financial platform featuring a prepaid Visa business card and mobile banking app. The platform offers mobile banking…