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TA Restaurant Group serves free meals to past, present soldiers on Independence Day
July 2, 2019
Active-duty military, veterans and reservists can eat free this Independence Day at TA Restaurant Group on-the-road restaurants of Country Pride and Iron…
read nowPerformance Food Group to acquire Reinhart Foodservice for $2 billion
July 1, 2019
Performance Food Group Co. announced it will buy Reinhart Foodservice LLC, the second-largest privately held food distributor in the U.S., for $2 billion in an…
read nowNYC Styrofoam ban takes effect
July 1, 2019
New York City restaurants have officially said goodbye to Styrofoam. The city banned it Jan. 1, but gave businesses six months to comply. Time is up.
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4 ways to quit all the QSR quitting
by Andrew Rosenbloom — Director of Marketing, Consolidated Concepts
The latest numbers are also the highest numbers we've ever seen for restaurant worker turnover rates, and it's become one of the industry's most vexing…
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Subway tests lower-cal shakes with Halo Top partnership
July 1, 2019
Subway has made a big name for itself as a health- and weight-watching QSR and now it's taking that reputation right into a new territory by offering…
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Sonic provides a new way to 'drink' at the drive-in
July 1, 2019
Drinking at the drive-in get a new interpretation at Sonic this summer, where the QSR is introducing a new trio of Mocktail Slushes, including Strawberry…
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Toppers takes on the daring diner
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Toppers pizza is on a mission to live up to its name, by taking pizza 'over the top' and targeting the adventurous pie guy or gal.
listen nowSubway's gotta lot a' ciabattas
June 28, 2019
Subway is debuting a ciabatta bread-based line of sandwiches featuring the well-loved bread with one of three LTO sauces, now through Sept. 4, a news release…
read nowiQ teams up with The New Farm for unique greens
June 28, 2019
Canada-based fast casual, iQ, is partnering with The New Farm, an Ontario organic farm, to use The New Farm's regenerative greens at iQ locations. The greens…
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White Castle runs rings around QSR chicken this summer
June 28, 2019
White Castle is running rings around its chicken offerings this summer by offering a chance at a $5,000 diamond ring, as well as limited edition "Chicken Ring…
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The Colonel gets a little 'catty'
June 28, 2019
On the heels of the debut of its Cheetos Sandwich, KFC has nabbed the cat that has become synonymous with the crunchy orange corn puffs, Chester Cheetah, as…
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Arby's boasts the merits of its strictly not-for-sale 'Marrot'
June 27, 2019
Calling itself a brand that has "made its name by going against the norm," Arby's this week is bucking the plant-based eating trend that's sweeping all sectors…
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Surging off-premise orders call for more flexible restaurant planning
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
An increase in off-premise orders is reducing the footprint for some restaurants, resulting in smaller dining areas. That makes flexibility now 'king' for…
read nowInsurance underwriter introduces comprehensive coverage for restaurants
June 27, 2019
U.S. Risk Insurance Group, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker with 16 domestic and international branches, has introduced a…
read nowYum Brands puts PepsiCo exec in CFO role
June 27, 2019
Chris Turner (Photo provided) Yum! Brands has named a former PepsiCo executive to be its new CFO, effective Aug. 8. A news release said that…
read nowThe dawn of your 'friendly' restaurant robot?
June 27, 2019
Autonomous retail robotic application company, Quartile 3 Robotics, this week released a robot that it said is designed to solve QSR industry issues around…
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From turmeric to talking it out: Expert advice on restaurant worker stress reduction a year after Anthony Bourdain's death
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A little more than one year after famed celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain's death by suicide, we take a look about one culinary educator and chef recommends to…
read nowShopAdvisor launches mobile-marketing platform to help small brands boost traffic
June 26, 2019
Using the platform it created to help Evos Restaurants, a four-unit Florida-based fast casual concept, and Smashburger franchisee Regrub, acquire more…
read nowUberEats teams up with Olo to simplify third-party delivery
June 26, 2019
Uber Eats has partnered with Olo, a digital food ordering platform for the restaurant industry, to integrate directly into the POS of restaurant brands via Olo…
read nowGrubhub: Plant-based offerings firmly rooted in center of American plates
June 26, 2019
Online ordering and delivery platform, Grubhub, used data from more than 500,000 orders which it said take place "on an average day" through the service to…
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