News & Media

Want to connect with customers? Think mobile first. [infographic]

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Most Americans now own a smartphone and are using them to shop and eat out.

Dunkin' Donuts new sandwich pairs apple, chicken and sausage

April 28, 2014

Dunkin' Donuts today added the Chicken Apple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich to its menu, featuring an egg, reduced fat cheddar cheese and a split chicken sausage…

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Church's Chicken brings back Spicier Spicy Chicken

April 28, 2014

Church's Chicken has brought back its Spicier Spicy Chicken offering from now through June 22. The company's chief concept officer Steve Davis said in a news…

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Dunkin' Donuts aims for 2.5M loyalty program enrollees by year's end

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The DD Perks rewards program, introduced in late January, now has more than 750,000 members.

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Burger King's sales lifted by simplified operations

April 25, 2014

Burger King reported its Q1 results today, which inclued a global comp sales increase of 2 percent, and a systemwide sales increase of 6.9 percent in constant…

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Report: Snacking now represents half of all eating occasions

April 25, 2014

A new report from The Hartman Group explores the shifts in U.S. food culture, including an increase in snacking, eating on-the-go and eating alone.

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Tim Hortons touts hiring practices amid foreign worker report

April 25, 2014

A new report from market research firm C.D. Howe finds that Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program may be affecting the country's unemployment rate.

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Taco Bell experimenting with fast casual concept

April 25, 2014

Like its sister chain KFC, Taco Bell is reportedly testing a new fast casual concept called the U.S. Taco Co. and Urban Taproom.

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Unilever Food Solutions CEO recognized for healthier menu efforts

April 25, 2014

Leo Oosterveer, CEO of Unilever Food Solutions, has received the 2014 Augie Leadership Award for Sustainability and Food Ethics from the Culinary Institute of…

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Bojangles' kicks off statewide fundraiser for education

April 25, 2014

In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Month, celebrated in May in South Carolina, Bojangles' has partnered with nonprofit South Carolina Future Minds to raise…

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Burger King franchisee lists stock price at $6.20 per share

April 25, 2014

Burger King's largest franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., has announced the pricing of a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock at a price…

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Sonic promotes two marketing executives

April 25, 2014

Sonic Corp. has announced the promotions of two executives within the marketing team: Senior Vice President James O'Reilly is being promoted from chief…

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QikServe, PayPal to enable mobile food ordering and payments at UK establishments

April 25, 2014

Mobile technology company QikServe earlier this week announced a collaboration with PayPal that will allow the United Kingdom hospitality sector to take orders…

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Five off-premise catering sales tactics every manager should know

by Erle Dardick — CEO, Monkeymedia

The telephone remains an important tool for your brand and you should not be afraid to use it.

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KFC China takes page from Chick-fil-A, steps up 'customer proposition'

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

KFC U.S. is taking some learnings from successful global businesses and applying them to the domestic system.

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How to get the most out of your social media content

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The power behind targeting your ads to specific demographics is the accuracy of data you receive.

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McDonald's Canada halts foreign worker program amidst investigation

April 24, 2014

McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited has voluntarily halted its Temporary Foreign Worker Program in light of an investigation from the Employment and…

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