Burger/Steak/BBQ News

A&W promotions beef up leadership, franchising support

December 19, 2019

A&W Restaurants is growing its leadership team and support center on the heels of what the brand said is it's eighth consecutive year of systemwide sales…

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Hardee's, Carl's Jr. go beyond 1 daypart with Beyond Meat

December 18, 2019

Hardee's and Carl's Jr. parent company, CKE Restaurants is expanding its partnership with Beyond Meat to include new all-day plant-based options nationally at…

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Burger King makes holiday flight delays 'Impossible' ... kinda

December 18, 2019

Burger King is turning the inevitable into the "Impossible" this holiday travel season, when its Delay Your Way promises to give flight-delayed travelers free…

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Chick-fil-A wins, QSRs win bigger in most-loved brands report

December 9, 2019

Chick-fil-A may sometimes have controversy, but they also have very devoted customers, as is evidenced in Savanta's Top 100 Most Loved US Eating Out Brands…

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Roy Rogers partners with Singer EVI for expansion-oriented kitchen improvements

December 5, 2019

Western-themed QSR, Roy Rogers Restaurants, has inked a partnership deal with Singer EVI to provide equipment fulfillment and kitchen design support for…

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Burger King adding 103 Canadian locations in 5 years

December 5, 2019

Burger King Corp. has signed a area development deal with Canadian company, Redberry Restaurants to develop 103 new locations of the chain in Ontario and…

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Sonic gets repeatedly cheesy with burger LTO

December 2, 2019

Triple the cheese, double the meat — that's the promise of Sonic's new Biggie Cheese, a super-dairy-fied burger that features two all-beef patties, three…

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A&W opens new national learning center in Bluegrass State

November 26, 2019

This month, A&W is opening a new national learning center and prototype restaurant in Richmond, Kentucky, about 30 minutes east of its corporate…

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White Castle will open 1st Florida store since 1960s

November 26, 2019

Eighteen months. That's how long White Castle said it will be before the privately owned chain opens its first Florida location since its Miami "Castle" closed…

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McDonald's settles wage class action for $26M

November 26, 2019

Right on the heels of a suit filed in Illinois alleging McDonald's doesn't adequately protect its workers from customer violence, another suit — this one a…

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McDonald's workers sue company for failing to protect them against violent customers

November 25, 2019

Seventeen McDonald's employees who are employed at 13 Chicago-area locations of the chain have filed suit against the giant QSR franchise company claiming that…

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Mega-Burger King, Popeyes franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, names CFO

November 25, 2019

Burger King and Popeyes mega-franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, with nearly 1,100 U.S. locations of the chains, has named former Realogy Holdings Corp.

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Former Burger King CEO assumes top job at Subway Monday

November 14, 2019

Former Burger King Holdings, Inc. Chairman and CEO John Chidsey will move into the CEO's office at Subway Monday as he officially begins his leadership of the…

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Krystal announces 2 major leadership changes

November 14, 2019

The Krystal Company said today it is bringing in new leadership, while its current CEO and CFO are leaving the company. The burger brand named former Captain…

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Carl's Jr., Hardee's parent names former Popeye's president as chief brand officer

November 14, 2019

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's parent, CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., has named former Popeyes President, North America Chad Crawford as its chief brand officer.

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Halo Burger tips its hat to hunter-customers

November 13, 2019

Michigan native chain, Halo Burger, is tipping its hat to the state's many avid hunters by giving them free camoflauge print hats of their own to take out to…

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Hardee's boxes up Thanksgiving in Jacksonville

November 12, 2019

Hardee's reports that its research recently uncovered a fascinating little Thanksgiving tidbit: Americans are looking beyond the traditional Norman…

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McDonald's US achieves all-sustainably grown coffee 1 year early

November 12, 2019

McDonald's USA announced today that it have beaten its own schedule for converting off of the mammoth chain's ground and whole bean coffee for U.S. restaurants…

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White Castle slides 'n nibbles its way into winter

November 7, 2019

Warmth and comfort is the name of the QSR game as we head into the winter months and White Castle has noted that fact, by bringing back three tote-able items…

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McDonald's does Happy Meal toy flashback

November 1, 2019

A lot of big kids — particularly those in the millennial range — will be heading to McDonald's in coming days to time-travel a bit since the brand is…

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