7shifts 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…

Study: 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…

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…

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.

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…

Postmates 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. 

Coronavirus 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

El 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.  

Biggest 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…

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…

Report: Foodservice operators seek innovations in flavor variety, packaging, labor-saving solutions

March 4, 2020

Frozen foods are used by foodservice operators of all types. But a Datassential study found operators are hungry for innovation.   "Frozen has a…

Four Corners Property Trust acquires 2 South Carolina Chick-fil-A, Chipotle locations

March 4, 2020

Real estate investment trust Four Corners Property Trust has acquired a Chick-Fil-A outlet, as well as a Chipotle location in South Carolina, for a combined…

Panda Express starts 5-year process toward cleaner, healthier menu

March 4, 2020

Panda Express said it is making some major moves to improve its menu through a planned recipe elevation program that includes introduction of new ingredients…

Yum Brands acquires leadership development company to grow franchisee leaders, culture

March 4, 2020

Yum! Brands has acquired a leadership development program company called Heartstyles that the multi-restaurant brand organization said it will employ to…

A&W's new Wild West 'haunts' represent brand's 'small town' franchise strategy

March 4, 2020

A&W said its latest restaurant opening is a sample of its "small town America" franchise strategy that builds on the longtime QSR's reputation as being a…

Subway must pay CBC $678K after defamation suit against broadcaster dismissed

March 3, 2020

In Canada, a judge has ordered Subway to pay $678,000 in legal and other fees and disbursements to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation after the brand's…