French kiosk company acquires HyperActive Technologies

June 9, 2016

French kiosk company Acrelec Group has acquired HyperActive Technologies, a supplier of digital displays and other outdoor tools for fast casual and quick…

Two portable food chains take their shows on the road

June 9, 2016

Food portability is one trend that's expected to grow greatly in the restaurant sector in coming years, as the pace of life shows no signs of slowing down…

Pollo Campero adds two new US locations

June 9, 2016

Pollo Campero opened new U.S. restaurant locations this spring in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Bronx, New York, as well as a one abroad, in Quito, Ecuador.

Chester's chicken available in upper Midwest supermarket chain

June 9, 2016

Chester's is partnering with a family-owned North Dakota supermarket chain to offer grocery shoppers its fried chicken inside 10 Hugo's Family Marketplace…

Study: Brand loyalty programs fastest route to a millennial's heart

June 8, 2016

Loyalty programs are proving valuable with consumers and are paying off in more ways than one.

Colorado chain capitalizes on love for a good breakfast and man's best friend

June 8, 2016

Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard in Colorado is getting in on the popular breakfast trend by debuting a new line of double-egg breakfast sandwiches and…

Blimpie gets spicy for summer

June 8, 2016

Blimpie is upping the spice quotient this summer on sandwiches by introducing new barbecue concoctions including the Spicy Piggy, Twisted Piggy and BBQ Chick…

100M and counting as Arby's builds its sliders success

June 8, 2016

Arby's launched a lineup of five mini sandwiches last September that the chain dubbed simply as sliders. Now, after the restaurant looked at sales response…

Subway teams with Accenture to launch digital division

June 8, 2016

Subway has launched a new division, Subway Digital, in collaboration with Accenture, to build a multichannel strategy to enhance customer engagement and…

QSR deals, breakfast are bright spots in slow-growing restaurant industry

June 8, 2016

The restaurant industry remains, as it has for the last six years, on a slow and steady growth path of about 1 percent annually, according to ongoing…

McDonald's remains No. 1 in brand value study

June 8, 2016

The latest brand value ratings are in from the BrandZ annual study and the top three spots are McDonald’s, followed by Starbucks and then, Subway in the No. …

Wingstop launches dynamic social ordering platform

June 7, 2016

Wingstop debuted a multi-channel social ordering platform this week, stating it is the first of its kind and offers order-placing via Twitter and Facebook…

Study: Corporations need to more closely monitor employees' dining expenses

June 7, 2016

Corporations might soon be tightening limits on money spent for business-related dining and catering if the findings of a new research study by Dinova LLC and…

Orange is the new white ... at least for fries

June 6, 2016

The hot potato these days in the restaurant industry may not be that old reliable pale-meated tuber so cherished by Americans, but rather its orange-skinned…

mPOS increases faster than expected, opens market to new vendors

June 6, 2016

Restaurateurs still pondering a move to smartphone- and tablet-based POS systems might be interested in the latest Juniper Research study: It predicts that…

Yum! announces pricing of notes offering

June 3, 2016

Yum! Brands Inc announced that certain subsidiaries operating KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants have agreed to issue and sell $1.05 billion aggregate…

Texas Chicken steps into Laos, expands Asian footprint

June 3, 2016

Texas Chicken is increasing its footprint in Asia — this time in Laos with a deal that will open seven restaurants in the Southeast Asian nation in the next…

Quiznos CEO steps down; CFO fills interim position

June 3, 2016

Quiznos President and CEO Doug Pendergast has resigned after a little more than a year in the top spot to "spend more time with his family in Atlanta,…

Former Fazoli's exec assumes CFO role at Krystal

June 2, 2016

Former Fazoli's and Yum! Brands pizza executive Rodney Lee has stepped into the role of CFO and executive vice president at The Krystal Company, according to…

KFC, Chick-fil-A launch mobile ordering apps on same day

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

June 2, 2016

The QSR chicken business is heating up when it comes to using mobile technology to advance sales. This week, almost simultaneously, Kentucky Fried Chicken and…