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El Pollo Loco manages 2.4% Q1 comp sales growth, despite bad California weather
May 3, 2019
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. 2019 Q1 results for the 13 weeks that ended on March 28 revealed that total revenues grew 3%, while system-wide comp sales grew a…
read nowA&W opens in Singapore after 16-year absence
April 30, 2019
A&W has opened its first Singapore store in 16 years, with plans for 45 openings this year in the U.S. and abroad. The newest location opened April 17 in…
read nowTim Hortons sluggish sales drag down RBI's Q1 performance
April 29, 2019
Profits dropped for Restaurants Brands International Inc, parent company of Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Horton's, in the first quarter of this year compared…
read nowChurch's LTO capitalizes on spice, value
April 26, 2019
Church's Chicken is pushing its spicy chicken offerings this spring, with an LTO that will put a Spicy Tenders meal deal in diners' hands for $5. The offering…
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KFC Mom's Day = 4M chicken pieces, hunky 'Colonel-ized' Chickendales, Cinnabon dessert
April 25, 2019
Mother's Day — ahem, May 12, for those who are wondering — is a sales marathon for KFC, which doles out the chicken goods for about 300,000 families…
read nowSubway stirs things up at the Country Club with sandwich LTO
April 25, 2019
Subway is ushering in its Club Collection of LTO sandwiches, which take the idea of the popular Club sandwich a few steps further, according to a news release.
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Culver's 'dips' into popular spinach-artichoke combo
April 23, 2019
Culver's is capitalizing on the nation's love of the combination of spinach and artichoke by incorporating the flavor combo into the chain's Spinach Artichoke…
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QSR operator's guide to netting free press
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Earned media, free press, viral media -- whatever you call it, when it's positive and it sets local and/or national news reporters afoot and in the direction…
read nowEl Pollo Loco hires former Coke, Arby's IT exec for new digital role
April 18, 2019
El Pollo Loco, Inc. has named Brian Wallunas to the newly-created role of vice president of digital marketing, effective April 22. In the role, Wallunas will…
read nowYoshinoya opens Bakersfield, California store as part of 'aggressive' expansion
April 17, 2019
Yoshinoya America has opened a Bakersfield, California store, bringing the 121-year-old QSR brand's worldwide store count to more than 2,000, with its most…
read nowPopeyes, Postmates officially partner
April 16, 2019
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is doling out free biscuits and delivery to promote its new partnership with Postmates for delivery from 2,000 U.S. locations. All…
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Slim Chickens COO on innovating via potato chip flavors while growing a QSR via Southern hospitality
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The "Southern sweetheart" of the chicken QSR sector, Slim Chickens, is the subject of this week's podcast, featuring COO Sam Rothschild, who talks about…
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Is your QSR prepared for 'lifestyle dieters'?
by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com
Just when gluten-free has begun to be manageable for most QSRs to safely serve for both customers who must refrain from gluten, along with those who simply opt…
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KFC doesn't waffle about bringing this LTO back
March 21, 2019
The combination of chicken and waffles is having a QSR moment. Late last month, Papa John's said it would debut a chicken-and-waffles pizza this year after its…
read nowKFC UK puts 3K customers in the kitchen for a day
March 14, 2019
From in-restaurant art making events to food-and-wine pairing classes, many brands are working interactive customer experiences into operations, but few QSRs…
read 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…
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 nowKFC names chain's first chief communications officer
March 7, 2019
KFC Corporation today named Staci Rawls as its first chief communications officer. She had been serving as the U.S. Director of Public Affairs but in her new…
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And they're off: QSR annual fish fare face-off begins
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
For the estimated 1.3 billion Catholics globally, Lent and its restrictions on eating land-based animal meat, begins today, as do many of the fish-based QSR…
read nowChurch's names former TGI Fridays, Burger King exec as CMO
March 6, 2019
Former Burger King and TGI Fridays marketing executive, Brian Gies, has been named executive vice president and global CMO for Church's Chicken, according to a…
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