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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

NRA sends emergency restaurant support plan to legislators

The National Restaurant Association tells Congress the industry needs help and it needs it now.

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.

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…

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…

Merchants Foodservice CEO urges support for emergency foodservice relief bill

July 14, 2020

Andy Mercier, president and CEO of Merchants Foodservice, based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has called for support of the bipartisan bill introduced to…

Burger King shares greenhouse gas-reduction plan for beef cow feed

July 14, 2020

Burger King made a move today that it said it hopes will prompt others in the fast food industry to join it in fighting environmentally harmful global…

KFC closes corporate-owned Florida stores

July 14, 2020

KFC closed its corporate-owned store dining rooms in Florida this week due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases there, according to Reuters.

White Castle is nation's 1st fast food brand to deploy Flippy 'robot-on-a-rail'

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

White Castle will test fry-cook robot, Flippy, in September, in its newest incarnation as a robotic arm on a rail. With White Castle, Flippy's starting as a…

Coca-Cola rolls out contactless Freestyle beverage dispenser

July 13, 2020

The Coca-Cola Co. is rolling out contactless, triggered via smartphone, for its Freestyle self-service dispenser used in restaurants, as the coronavirus…

June US restaurant industry sales are best since February

Fast casual falters a bit, while pizza, chicken and burgers fare well in June.

Small, independent restaurants lag in COVID-19 recovery

July 10, 2020

A report from Bank of America shows that large restaurant chains are recovering faster from the COVID-19 outbreak than the rest of the industry, as small…

3rd-generation Del Taco franchisee opens brand's newest California store

July 10, 2020

Del Taco said a third-generation multi-unit operator with the brand has opened its newest California-based store on Plum Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. Travis…

McDonald's solar-powered Disney World store a lab for future

July 10, 2020

McDonald's opened a first-of-its-kind restaurant on Disney World property in Florida that will actually create enough renewable energy on-site to cover all of…