How self-serve kiosks can rescue corporate dining — part 1

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The self-serve kiosk rewrites the economics of corporate dining.

5 key actions to maximize mobile email marketing

by Seshu Madabushi — Founder & CEO, mKonnekt

Being in the restaurant business today means being in the business of mobile communication. These five steps are key to making that mobile marketing work well.

Texas Chicken opens 1st Oman restaurant

March 17, 2017

Texas Chicken opened its first restaurant in Oman, according to a news release. The restaurant opened last week and is operated by the Olayan Group, which…

Sonic gets 'corny' this weekend

March 17, 2017

Saturday is National Corn Dog Day, which Sonic Drive-In is celebrating with 50-cent corn dogs, according to a release.

Yum China CEO shares rare inside look at company

March 17, 2017

Yum China CEO Micky Pant provided a rare glimpse inside the business of running a major fast food restaurant chain in China this week when he spoke at Peking…

The $210 million chicken: Subway sues over soy content reports

March 17, 2017

About three weeks after a Canadian TV station reported roughly half of the Subway chain's chicken is soy filler, Subway is raising some flap in the form of a…

Automation: The possibilities of robo-restaurateuring - Part 3 of 3

Complete Automation in a foodservice operation is relatively rare at the moment, but that is changing almost by the day.

Popcorn is on a roll in Minneapolis

March 16, 2017

The QSR snack food trend continues to grow, making this an ideal time for the world's largest popcorn franchise retailer, Doc Popcorn, to take the chain's…

Pizza Ranch rounds up restaurant No. 200

March 16, 2017

Pizza Ranch has opened the barn doors on restaurant No. 200, this one in Sterling, Illinois, a news release said. The buffet-based pizza restaurant also…

Nation's DQs give free cones for a cause Monday

March 16, 2017

Monday, March 20, is the day when all U.S. Dairy Queen locations — aside from those in malls — give away small vanilla cones as part of the chain's…

Villa Restaurant Group names COO

March 16, 2017

Multi-brand QSR restaurant operator and franchisor, Villa Restaurant Group, has promoted Andrew Steinberg to chief operating officer, according to a news…

Captain D's expansion means 4 states will see more seafood

March 15, 2017

Captain D's said it's stomping on the gas pedal to accelerate franchise development for the chain, which is signing agreements to expand in Illinois, Texas…

Dunkin' delights diners with new website

March 15, 2017

Dunkin' Donuts fans are dipping into a brand new website today at DunkinDonuts.com, according to a news release that touts the site's mobile friendliness and…

Reader Poll: Restaurant confrontations - are they happening more often?

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

The news is filled with a constant flow of incidents demonstrating the worst in human behavior often happening at the chains this website's readers oversee. It…

Have you had your morning … hot dog?

March 15, 2017

An unlikely player has emerged among brands offering breakfast — Hot Dog on a Stick is marketing an all-day breakfast menu with portable options. One menu…

Automation doesn't have to be a dirty word in foodservice - Part 1 of 3

by Sagi Rochman — CEO, Better Chains

Automation has taken on the aura of a dirty word in foodservice with its potential to inflict widespread job losses, not to mention a perception of a colder…

Automation: The possibilities of robo-restaurateuring - Part 3 of 3

by Sagi Rochman — CEO, Better Chains

Complete Automation in a foodservice operation is relatively rare at the moment, but that is changing almost by the day.

Automation: Transformative touch at the table - Part 2 of 3

by Sagi Rochman — CEO, Better Chains

Exponential improvements in foodservice technology can, not only help accelerate industry growth, but also trim the costs that have grown into a heavy layer of…

ICX Association extends entry deadline for annual Elevate Awards

March 14, 2017

Nomination deadline for the Association's annual awards has been extended to April 3.

Shopkeep acquires ChowBOT

March 14, 2017

Thousands of limited-service restaurants will have access next year to new technology thanks to ShopKeep's acquisition this week of online ordering software…