Waitr gobbles up Bite Squad for $323M

January 18, 2019

Restaurant online ordering and on-demand food delivery platform, Waitr Holdings Inc. has acquired Bite Squad, for a purchase price of approximately $32…

RFIS attendees to learn about 'What Danny Meyer never told you,' the blockchain, rise of conscious eating'

January 18, 2019

The Early Bird discount for the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit ends Feb. 8, and if you sign up today you get another $100 off.

Taco Bell brings back chain's most successful LTO, Nacho fries

January 17, 2019

Taco Bell's said its Nacho fries, first launched last January, have been the brand's biggest new menu item to date. In fact, the chain told Motley Fool it…

Food Farmacy virtual restaurant capitalizes on food as medicine trend

January 17, 2019

A new virtual restaurant, Phood Farmacy, has opened in North Hollywood, California, promising to bring food with "medicinal qualities" that can prevent illness…

McDonald's McCafe adds some caffeinated incentive to 'Ditch your Resolution' day

January 17, 2019

McDonald's retail coffee product, McCafé at Home is working with actor, Mark Consuelos to launch the  brand's Brew Happier Mobile, an interactive experience…

QSR digital signage decision-making: 8 key queries for your vendor

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

A good vendor should be able to answer these questions regarding a digital signage deployment.

McDonald's loses a Big (Mac) one in the EU

January 16, 2019

McDonald's said it will appeal a European Union case ruling this week against its trademark use of the Big Mac, which includes the famous "two all-beef…

White Castle Valentine's Day reservations open with 1st delivered 'Love Castle'

January 16, 2019

Pucker up gents. Slip into your slipperiest lip gloss, ladies. It's time to slip into a few sliders for Valentine's Day next month. With more than 30,00…

'What ya' got for me?': Rewards drive QSR competitive supremacy

January 16, 2019

When it comes to customer love, QSRs that put forth the offers stand to bring forth the most customers, according to a Publishers Clearing House Media Division…

Sonic 'drives in' to the Last Frontier

January 15, 2019

Sonic Drive-In will open its first Alaskan location later this year under the ownership of Larry Clark and Cameron Johnson on East Parks Highway in Wasilla, a…

Delivering the ultimate customer experience across banking touch points

At the Bank Customer Experience Summit last fall, Andrea Boone, executive director of FSO digital at EY, spoke with Tim Tang, director of enterprise solutions…

Welcome to the White House, Tigers ... D'you want fries with that?

January 15, 2019

QSRs including Wendy's, Burger King and McDonald's got some presidential afterglow Monday when President Donald Trump chose their fare as the "selection of the…

Stoner's Pizza Joint franchisee buys Jacksonville store, plans 2 more

January 15, 2019

QSR pizza brand, Stoner's Pizza Joint, said that its North Main Street location in Jacksonville, Florida, is now owned by Bruce Levy of Chatham Foods &…

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 — Publisher, 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.

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…