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Podcast: Your Pie president on the brand-building benefits of travel, 'not over-thinking things'
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Restaurant executives seeking a good reason to head somewhere new and unusual can find it in this week's QSRweb podcast, when Your Pie President Drew French…
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Long John Silver's launches 'record'-making Lent promo
March 21, 2019
Sometimes it tough to be heard over all the noise in the QSR industry, so Long John Silver's has launched its own record label to get a voice in the Lenten QSR…
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Restaurant tech experts: Tech is pushing QSRs 'away from counter,' toward collaboration
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Restaurant tech experts at Omnivore, Rosnet, Givex and Kallpod tell QSR leaders what to watch when it comes to technology investment.
read nowMillennials with kids increase restaurant visits by 5 %
March 20, 2019
Millennials with children increased their restaurant visits by 5 percent last year over 2017, according to recent information from NPD Group. This compares…
read nowProcessing Payments at the Door: How to Increase Credit Card Security
In today’s world, restaurant operators face the challenge of providing customers with the payment options they want, while still keeping costs under control.
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download nowDel Taco wraps up profitable 2018, launching proprietary plant-based 'beef' in next quarter
March 19, 2019
Del Taco wrapped up its sixth straight year of sales growth, along with its Q4 2018 on Jan. 1 thanks in some part to reports of higher check totals. For the…
read nowCheckers, Rally's starts using 5 delivery services within single system-wide POS
March 19, 2019
Checkers & Rally's are launching a new delivery platform that the chain said in a news release brings Uber Eats, DoorDash, Postmates, Grubhub and Amazon…
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Food marketing guru Fogelson tells brands why knowing thyself, now means knowing thy cause
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Food marketing sage and former Food Networking and Cooking Channel Senior Vice President of Marketing and Brand Strategy Susie Fogelson has made a career of…
read nowWendy's, Subway pitch for a place in the 'Big Dance'
March 18, 2019
QSR brands know very well where a huge share of their customers will be for the immediate future. That's right, in front of a screen firmly fixed on all the…
read nowBurger King aims to 'wake up' app subscriptions with free daily java offer
March 15, 2019
Burger King wants app users and it's enticing them with the smell of sweet caffeine to get their business.
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Huddle House executive on deploying digital to serve small towns better
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Think of Huddle House and you might think "small town," "home-cooking," maybe even "old-fashioned." But, on that last count, you'd be wrong. In fact, this year…
listen nowChick-fil-A gets frosted for spring
March 14, 2019
On Monday, March 18, Chick-fil-A goes from St. Patrick's Day green to frosty spring-inspired citrus with the introduction of its Frosted Key Lime offering with…
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&pizza CEO on the limited-service leader's key role as employee advocate
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In the final half of the podcast interview with &pizza CEO Michael Lastoria, the discussion revolves around something the restaurant industry also revolves…
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What Danny Meyer’s book doesn’t tell you about the restaurant business
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Frank Klein, founder and CEO of Asian Box, is an admirer of Danny Meyer, but he thinks the famed restaurateur failed to include the dark side of the restaurant…
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Smoke’s Poutinerie founder: 'We are entertainers'
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Ryan Smolkin, whose Smoke's Poutinerie has opened more than 150 locations in North America in less than 10 years, insists he is in the entertainment business…
read nowWendy's bets on beverages to 'basket' March Madness business
March 12, 2019
The "madness" — as in the basketball-centered March Madness that hits the U.S. each year — is just around the corner and, as the official hamburger of the…
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Making local tech hubs make money for your QSR
by Ray Reddy — CEO and Co-Founder, Ritual
Startups aren't confined to Silicon Valley anymore, nor have they been for more than a decade. In fact, according to Startup USA, the number of tech companies…
read nowBojangles' moves in for a slice of the 'Pi'
March 11, 2019
QSRs are moving to take a slice of the action on Thursday, March 14, otherwise known simply as Pi Day. The 'holiday' pays tribute to the mathematical constant…
read nowDunkin' Brands Group names former Marriott exec to top legal spot
March 11, 2019
Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins parent, Dunkin' Brands Group, has named David Mann as senior vice president and chief legal officer. He replaces Rich Emmett, who is…
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&pizza CEO talks about restaurant worker pay, brands as community unifiers
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
It's the counter-culture pizza brand behind "The Hallway Pizza Guy," with those offbeat oval pies and a business mission to unite communities, even in its very…
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