Subway expands marketing, data platform to UK, Ireland, Canada

January 15, 2019

Subway is expanding its license with Mobivity Holdings Corp. to bring print ads, data aggregation and insight engine to restaurants in Canada, Ireland, and the…

Top tech execs say voice, near-me searches will soar in 2019

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

This year's top restaurant tech trends are all about meeting the customer at the time and the place of his or her choice. Restaurant brands that point their…

Kellogg Foundation backs QSR, Everytable, focused on good food in poor communities

January 14, 2019

Grab-and-go six-store QSR, Everytable, has secured its first investment from the Kellogg Foundation, according to a news release. The organization said it aims…

Del Taco turns in 21 straight quarters of comp sales growth

January 14, 2019

Del Taco today announced preliminary unaudited fiscal fourth quarter 2018 sales results for the period ending Jan. 1, 2019 with updated FY 2018 guidance and…

Taco Bell HR leader on making your restaurant an employee magnet

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

Taco Bell's VP of People and Experience discusses the brand's multi-faceted approach to pulling in great employees in a tight labor market.

Hughes Discussion: Verifone EZR EOL 2

At the Verifone Client Forum in May, 2018, Verifone announced plans to end-of-life the Enhanced Zone Router. As a result, retailers will need to use a managed…

Hughes Discussion: Verifone EZR EOL

At the Verifone Client Forum in May, 2018, Verifone announced plans to end-of-life the Enhanced Zone Router. As a result, retailers will need to use a managed…

Taco Bell lays out 7 2019 'commitments'

January 10, 2019

Taco Bell said 2019 will be the year it not only introduces its first vegetarian menu and increased scholarship funding, but also when it will boost the…

Government shutdown halts food facility inspections, 'puts our food supply at risk'

January 9, 2019

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gotlieb told the Washington Post that the agency — which oversees most of the nation's food supply — has…

Chop Stop: The salad QSR with a 'meat-n-potatoes' guy at the helm

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

What's a "meat-and-potatoes" guy doing in the salad business? Very well, thank you.

Science plays big role in nonprofit foundation's 5 key 2019 US food trends

January 9, 2019

American citizens want to know not only where their food originated, but how it was produced and how it traveled from farm to fork, according to a study…

Buy a Subway kids meal milk, give 10 meals to those in need

January 9, 2019

Friday, Jan. 11, is National Milk Day, for all not in the know, and Subway is using the date to join with the dairy farm, Shamrock Farms and the Feeding…

Restaurateurs ditching paper manuals for digital training tools

January 8, 2019

Employees armed with mobile tools are happier, better trained and take better care of customers, according to a survey conducted in 2018 by Vanson Bourne on…

White Castle next-gen Impossible Slider promises beefier-taste, no cow needed

January 8, 2019

That little darling of the molecular science world, the Impossible Burger, has reappeared in new and improved form, promising more meat-like flavor than ever…

Omnivore raises $10M in Series A via The Coca-Cola Company, Performance Food Group

January 8, 2019

Omnivore, a point-of-sale connectivity platform enabling third-party technologies to integrate with restaurants' POS systems, has announced a Series A…

Florida QSR workers set to strike today, allege restaurants aren't safe

January 8, 2019

Following the release of that startling video of a Florida McDonald's employee allegedly being pulled across the counter by an irate customer in search of a…

Taco Bueno gives free burritos this National Bean Day

January 8, 2019

Yes, there is a National Bean Day and yes, this Tuesday, Jan. 8, is it. So rent a copy of "Blazing Saddles" for its infamous bean-centric campfire scene and…

KFC's bowl promotion gets a little hairy

January 8, 2019

Never one not to bring something unquestionably weird to the party, Kentucky Fried Chicken is launching its new a campaign to promote $3 Famous Bowl prices and…

DC Appeals court upholds NLRB's joint employer test, public comment open to Jan 14

January 7, 2019

Any franchised restaurant brand returned from the holidays last week to learn of new action in the Browning-Ferris Industries v. NLRB case that has had so many…

The many operational options mobile food safety software offers QSRs

by Terry Dolan — Head of Solutions, WorldAPP

Mobile food safety software can provide QSRs an array of other operational benefits, including everything from increased accountability to overall operational…