Business Strategy and Profitability News & Media

DQ franchisee adopts Zapper mobile app

November 3, 2016

Lynn Lee, LLC, a Dairy Queen franchisee in south Texas with 42 locations, is tapping the Zapper mobile marketing and payment app for its restaurants. The…

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Church's launches major 10-year expansion

November 3, 2016

Church's Chicken is kicking off a $40 million 10-year expansion in the U.S. which was made possible with the help of a veteran franchise group and financing…

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Webinar: 7 essential strategies to recession-proof your restaurant

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

Are you leaving money on the table? Learn how to turn your POS into a money-producing machine for what some analysts believe is a coming restaurant recession.

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Taco Bell hits pay dirt in vegetable patch

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

Taco Bell is showing QSRs how its done when it comes to profiting toward the increasing trend toward meatless or meat-sparing diets.

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Fast Casual Summit: 10 moves to maximize your manpower

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

A one-hour session on optimizing restaurant labor yielded many more hours worth of proven strategies to maximize the efforts of your workforce. This article…

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Arby's new sandwich 'deer-ly' beloved in Nashville

November 2, 2016

Remember that venison sandwich we told you about last week that Arby's is offering as an LTO at select locations? Well, prepare for the possible coming of the…

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Whataburger launches app that rewards

November 2, 2016

Whataburger has launched a new free mobile app yesterday designed to provide customers added benefits each time they order from the chain, according to a news…

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Shopper's delight: Quarter-priced portable mini meal

November 2, 2016

A quarter will now get you a bite-sized meal at Wienerschnitzel, where it is offering mini corn dogs for 25 cents through year's end. The promotion is also…

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Turkey 'n' all the fixin's now on the menu at ... White Castle?

November 2, 2016

Turkey and all the fixin's aren't something you generally associate with a stop at White Castle, but this year the chain is out to change that by debuting a…

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Family franchisee signs multi-unit Dunkin' Donuts agreement

November 2, 2016

Ray and Zak Omar and Megan Karim have signed multi-unit franchise agreements to further expand Dunkin' Donuts' presence in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Toast POS introduces inventory solution

November 1, 2016

Toast Restaurant POS has released Inventory, a platform that manages inventory and automatically generates a variance report for restaurateurs.

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For an election day that sucks our souls, Krispy Kreme's freebie is full of holes

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

It may be the only sweet thing to come out of next Tuesday’s election day: Krispy Kreme is giving anyone with one of those "I Voted Today” stickers a free…

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Yum China rings in on NYSE this morning

November 1, 2016

Yum China completed separation from Yum Brands and begins trading as an independent company on the New York Stock Exchange today under the ticker symbol…

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Wendy's digging for 'old' in America's freezers

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

This should be … well … interesting, and gross at the same time. Wendy's latest promotion is centered around finding the oldest food item in American freezers.

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Kentucky Fried Chicken offers date-night for a deal

October 28, 2016

Kentucky Fried Chicken has introduced a date-night special, $10 Chicken Share.

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Fast Casual Summit helps industry 'brains' exchange experience

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

Been there. Done that. That old saying, indicating a shared experience — often the challenging ones — aptly describes a series of continuing sessions that took…

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Internet aglow with BK site's McDonald's-bashing Halloween stunt

October 28, 2016

A Queens, New York, Burger King has lit up the internet over the past 24 hours with its competitor-punching Halloween get-up, according to a UPI report. The…

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Dunkin' makes app more social

October 28, 2016

Dunkin’ Donuts has added features to its app that allow users to gift and pay for menu items on their mobile phones, according to a news release.

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White Castle adds 'Monsters' to menu

October 28, 2016

Halloween doesn't work without a few monsters in the house, explaining why White Castle this week announced that it is now carrying Monster Energy Drink in all…

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Arby's reports 'meaty' results in Q3

October 27, 2016

Arby’s said today that it saw a 2.4 percent increase in same-store sales during Q3 in the U.S. The brand has now achieved a two-year SSS growth of 12 percent…

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