Wendy's 'strips-down' chicken for salad days of summer

June 7, 2021

Wendy's is entering a stripped-down chicken sandwich in the hotly contested QSR chicken category this summer with its summer strawberry chicken salad that…

Nathan's Famous to offer 'vegan' dog at 13 stores

June 4, 2021

Nathan's Famous is growing its plant-based offerings, adding a vegan hot dog this coming Monday at 13 New York locations of the chain, according to the New…

After 2 years, Culver's again debuts Flavors of the Day

June 4, 2021

Need proof the nation's getting back to normal? Look no further than Culver's, where for the first time since 2019 the chain is adding items to its Flavor of…

World's biggest meatpacker reopening after ransomware attack

June 2, 2021

Slightly more than a day after the world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, closed U.S. and Australian operations due to a cyberattack, operations are slowly coming…

Sonic shows its bubbly side in latest LTO

June 2, 2021

Sonic's newest beverage offerings look a lot like the popular bubble or boba tea drinks initially introduced in Taiwan, but the similarities stop there. In…

Cyberattack shuts down world's biggest meat processor

June 1, 2021

The world's largest meat processor, JBS, said it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack that affected some of its servers supporting its North…

Italy’s Ali Group tops Middleby's bid for Welbilt

May 28, 2021

More than a month after Middleby Corp agreed to buy its competitor, Welbilt Inc., for $2.9 billion, the kitchen equipment company has received an all-cash…

Sonic, Church's let loose a pair of chicken LTOs

May 28, 2021

As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, two QSRs are hoping to tempt business with a pair of chicken LTOs, each with its own distinct personality, including…

Nathan's Famous adds Arthur Treacher's ... as a ghost

May 27, 2021

If you were around in the 1970s, you probably remember a nearby Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips store, which at that time, had about 800 stores. The chain…

Which QSR has the best fry?

May 27, 2021

We may be on the cusp of National Hamburger Day (it's Friday, in case you forgot), but at global data collection network Premise, they've been all about that…

White Castle 100th bash mixes a slide-riding CEO, Alice Cooper, crass puppets for pure virtual fun

May 27, 2021

With everything from its CEO making an entrance via a sliding board, to celebrity Cravers, like Alice Cooper, singing its praises, White Castle not only proved…

How the rise of the chicken sandwich lifts all QSRs

by Jana Zschieschang — CMO, RMS

While QSR customers dearly love chicken sandwiches, QSRs themselves have reason to dearly love the little poultry packages, too.

Survey: Fast food/fast casual face-off intensifying

The lines are blurring but the battle is intensifying for customers between fast food and fast casual restaurants, according to a survey identifying a number…

Popeyes intros un-breaded blackened chicken sandwich LTO

May 26, 2021

Popeyes is taking the QSR sandwich war to a whole different level with its latest LTO — a blackened chicken sandwich, which the Bayou state's KNOE-TV said is…

Taco Bell relaunches 'naked chicken' as answer to QSR chicken sandwich 'sameness'

May 19, 2021

Taco Bell is taking a jab at what it calls the "Bun-mayo-chicken-pickle-bun" sameness of the chicken offerings at other QSRs by pushing its twist on chicken …

Auntie Anne's co-brands with Jamba for pretzel QSR's 1st drive-thru

May 18, 2021

Auntie Anne's will soon be putting pretzels in drivers' hands thanks to the opening of a combined store with sister brand, Jamba, in Wylie, Texas, a Dallas…

Quelling QSRs' labor pains: Why things must radically change

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

In this second of a two-part series on the restaurant industry labor crisis, restaurateurs and industry experts pinpoint the answers all feel are urgently…

Hardee's, Carl's Jr redo 'tenders' as platform for 3 chicken sandwiches launch

May 17, 2021

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are introducing a chicken platform today that features renditions of the brands' chicken tenders that launched more than a decade ago…

Burger King recrowning nuggets

May 14, 2021

Ten years is a long time to wait for something you love. But true love engenders that kind of commitment and next week, Burger King customers who truly loved…

Is Chick-fil-A heading into the chicken wing biz?

May 13, 2021

In another instance that proves the only thing as hot as a hot chicken sandwich may be the wings off that same bird, comes word this week that Chick-fil-A has…