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[LIVE WEBINAR] How Self-Order Kiosks Improve Restaurant Operations & Bottom Line
April 10, 2018
McDonald's found that average check sizes grow $1 when customers order through kiosks, and 20 percent more customers order drinks. These are just two of the…
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Paytronix app gives brands more control over mobile experience
April 9, 2018
Paytronix Systems Inc., a provider of mobile loyalty and online ordering applications, as well as mobile payment and digital communications tools, has…
read nowVilla Italian gives customers catering with a click
April 9, 2018
Morristown, New Jersey-based multibrand restaurant operator and franchisor, Villa Restaurant Group, has gotten into online ordering for catering at its Villa…
read nowLong John Silver's offers value entrees
April 9, 2018
Long John Silver's has brought back its $5 Reel Deal promotion that gives customers a choice of entrée, one side, a 20-ounce drink and Cinnapups dessert.The…
read nowReport: Global QSR industry to grow 4.2 percent by 2022
April 6, 2018
The global QSR market — valued at more than $539 billion in 2016 — will soar to nearly $691 billion in five years, an anticipated CAGR of more than 4.2 percent…
read nowTrue Food Kitchen, Bareburger top emerging brands list
April 6, 2018
At the top of data analytics firm Fishbowl's emerging brands list, this year, is a concept that encapsulates just about everything consumers are demanding…
read nowRoy Rogers Restaurant hits 'Comeback Trail' with Cal Ripken Jr.
April 5, 2018
Roy Rogers is on the comeback trail, and with any luck it will be like the original Roy Rogers' show theme song — "Happy Trails" — for the chain, which has…
read nowFree webinar: Sonny's BBQ CIO will give inside look behind brand's switch to cloud-based POS
April 5, 2018
Switching to a cloud-based POS system helped Sonny's BBQ streamline operations and boost customer engagement, a story that Sonny's CIO Joe Tenczar will share…
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National Burrito Day inspires discounts at QSRs
April 5, 2018
Tortillas often stuffed with meat, cheese, rice, beans that English-speakers call burritos literally means "little donkey" in Spanish. And those delicious…
read nowBaskin-Robbins innovates with cookie cake mash-up, Horchata ice, but brings back classic flavor
April 4, 2018
Cookie, cake or ice cream? Baskin-Robbins has launched a product that doesn't make customers choose. Its new Cookie Cakes is essentially a cake made from a…
read nowFormer KFC Asia leader takes VP role at Texas Chicken
April 4, 2018
Yang Ming Ong has been named Texas Chicken's new vice president of business, where he will oversee the brand's key functions throughout 16 countries in the…
read nowDelivery sales soar: It's 'what's for dinner' ... also lunch, breakfast, snacks
April 3, 2018
Delivery is living up to its name for the restaurant industry, 'delivering' sizable gains in both visits and sales over the last five years for restaurant…
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Free Webinar: TalentReef gives lowdown on dynamic recruitment, better employee experiences
April 3, 2018
With 80 percent of their customers in the restaurant business, the recruitment and retention experts at TalentReef understand the challenges restaurateurs face…
read nowDunkin' Donuts calls all 'go-getters' to launch new value menu
April 3, 2018
If there is a theme for QSR this year, it might be value offerings, which explains why Dunkin' Donuts adding less expensive menu items. The brand's new Dunkin…
read nowNational Restaurant Association launches health care for member businesses
April 3, 2018
The National Restaurant Association has launched a UnitedHealthcare-based plan for small restaurant businesses that it's calling the Restaurant &…
read nowFormer McAlister's president takes CEO spot at Krystal
April 2, 2018
Former McAlister's Deli President Paul M. Macaluso is taking the reins as Krystal's CEO, a news release said. The 25-year industry veteran has held leadership…
read nowEEOC sues southeastern Arby's franchisee over alleged sexual harassment
April 2, 2018
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against the owner of several southeastern U.S. Arby's franchises, Beavers' Inc., for the alleged…
read nowMcDonald's triples tuition assistance
March 30, 2018
McDonald's is vastly reducing the required number of weekly hours, as well as months of employment workers need to tap into its Archways to Opportunity…
read nowKrystal CEO moves to top spot at Taco Bueno
March 30, 2018
Former Krystal CEO Omar Janjua has assumed the same job at Taco Bueno this week. The 35-year QSR industry veteran will now oversee more than 2,700 employees in…
read nowGoalz Restaurant Group names CFO
March 29, 2018
Multi-unit restaurant operator, Goalz Restaurant Group, has named Steve Piascik as partner and chief financial officer. A news release said the role is…
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