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Hot Heads & Rapid Fired Pizza founder on a regional growth approach
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Hot Heads Burritos founder, Ray Wiley, is on a roll again, this time with a fast pizza concept, called Rapid Fired. The chain has taken a regional approach to…
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Cowboy Chicken, Elevation Burger execs: Pay supply chain due respect or pay consequences
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
In a world, where customers are demanding that restaurants use ethically produced, sustainable and healthful ingredients, supply chain management has grown in…
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Fast insights on crisis management, leadership development and restaurant/retail partnerships
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Attendees at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Dallas got down to business with fast insights in three key business management areas.
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Krystal's new look puts 'round-the-clock' service up front
April 5, 2017
Krystal today opened the first location featuring its new store design, as well as a frozen treat lineup that includes new additions such as hand-spun…
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Food trucks and restaurants – a symbiotic relationship
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
While many limited service restaurants are clearly interested in expanding into food trucks, veteran food truck operators are using the skills they develop on…
read nowGrowth slows for restaurant chains in 2016
March 31, 2017
The Top 500 chain restaurants experienced a deceleration in 2016 with cumulative sales growth checking in at 3.6 percent, down from 5.2 percent the prior year…
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Which Wich founder tells Summit attendees: 'If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, BS them until you both believe it'
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Jeff Sinelli learned early in life a few lessons that helped him pursue his dreams and not be afraid to get out of his comfort zone. He also learned the…
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McDonald's massive move to mobile ordering: A big change that warrants big groundwork
by Russell Zack — SVP, Products and Solutions, HelloWorld
McDonald’s and its recently unveiled plans to implement mobile ordering and curbside pickup is proof that even the mightiest brands now know mobile ordering is…
read nowWith 10 million daily food deliveries, Meituan-Dianping a name to know
March 28, 2017
It may be relatively unknown in the Western World, but in 20 of China's biggest cities, the name Meituan-Dianping is as commonly heard as Amazon and Google.
read nowArby's — where the most gyros are sold in US
March 28, 2017
Three years ago, that Cowboy hat-bearing chain known as Arby's became the world's largest restaurant brand to offer that "soft taco" of Greece, the gyro.
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A little online burger buzz teaches a lot about menu prices
by Josh Anish — Head of Content, Quantifind
Polls and restaurant traffic data this year have made it relatively clear that limited-service restaurant customers today are increasingly concerned about the…
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How self-serve kiosks can rescue corporate dining — part 2: how the solution came to be
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
While self-serve kiosks allow corporate dining locations to eliminate the cashier and improve the speed of service for customers, there had been no…
read nowDunkin': 'Does that cappuccino truly elevate your jelly-filled cake?'
March 23, 2017
The Doughnut is to coffee how wine is to cheese, according to Dunkin' Donuts, which is hoping to elevate the customer experience by pairing the flavor nuances…
read nowCheckers Drive-ins purchased
March 23, 2017
Oak Hill Capital Partners announced this week that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. from Sentinel…
read nowTaco Bell campaign puts young scholars in the director's chair
March 23, 2017
Taco Bell is launching its Feed a Dream promotion and charitable campaign today, the fifth anniversary of the Doritos Locos Taco. The two-week-long campaign…
read nowImpossible Burger hits 'big time' with restaurant opening and mega-production facility
March 23, 2017
Impossible Burger — the company behind a soy-based burger claiming to taste like beef —has opened a huge California production facility to produce 4 million of…
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NRA to Congress: 'Press go on health act but fix it later'
March 22, 2017
National Restaurant Association Policy and Government Affairs EVP Cicely Simpson today told Speaker of the House and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to press forward with…
read nowPork stars in Hardee's breakfast offerings
March 22, 2017
Hardee's announced this afternoon that it's angling to cash in on Americans' love affair with all things pork-related, as well as a breakfast on the run with…
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NRA implores Congress: 'Keep debit-swipe fee controls in place'
March 22, 2017
The National Restaurant Association has joined forces with dozens of other restaurant groups to launch a campaign against repealing debit swipe-fee protections…
read nowNew Zealand KFC denies customer's claims of finding maggots in chicken
March 21, 2017
A New Zealand KFC customer is trying to back off of a media swarm after she posted a photo on Facebook, showing maggots that she claimed to have found after…
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