Food & Beverage News & Media
Tim Hortons dreams-up sweet summer dunkers
June 26, 2020
Tim Hortons has launched a line of "Dream Donuts," which includes Oreo cookie, chocolate truffle and strawberry confetti varieties according to a company press…
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Arby's rolls 3 entries into summer chicken wars
June 25, 2020
Arby's has rolled into summer with something a bit unusual for the brand in its new Market Fresh Wraps, an Arby's spokeswoman confirmed to QSRweb.
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Carl's Jr., Hardee's heat up summer sandwich LTOs
June 24, 2020
Sister QSR chains, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, are launching two LTOs — both with some heat, but one has beef, and the other is a plant-based offering. The…
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Subway fans ask, 'Where's the (roast) beef?" ... and rotisserie chicken, too
June 24, 2020
Last week we reported to you about Subway's rift with many of its franchisees over a footlong promotion. This week the brand has raised the ire of quite a few…
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Partial single-use packaging trend turnaround with COVID-19
June 23, 2020
In the wake of COVID-19, many, if not most, restaurants have gone back to single-use products to provide customers with clean, first-use packaging and utensils…
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Taco Del Mar gets cool
June 22, 2020
Colorado-based Taco Del Mar is proving how cool it can get this summer with new shrimp ceviche dishes, include a citrus shrimp ceviche taco salad and shrimp…
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Online catering marketplace debuts COVID-smart service
June 19, 2020
ezCater is launching a service, called Relish, that offers employers a safe approach to providing office-based workers with boxed lunches from local…
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White Castle savors shortest night with long, tall, cold one
June 19, 2020
Saturday, June 20, is the Summer Solstice, which is also the longest day of the year (in length of daylight, not time since someone will ask). Why does that…
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Jollibee opens 1st cloud kitchen
June 18, 2020
Fast-food chain Jollibee will open its first cloud kitchen in metro Chicago Thursday inside a Kitchen United outpost in River North on North Sedgwick Street…
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Is Subway's problem bigger than a footlong?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The North American Association of Subway Franchisees — representing thousands of U.S. franchisees — said its survey of members showed that 75% of those…
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Burger King intros plant-based breakfast sandwich
June 15, 2020
Burger King has launched a plant-based offering — Impossible Croissan'wich. A test in select U.S. markets earlier this year proved successful, allowing the…
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A&W posts double-digit year-over-year May sales
June 11, 2020
Lexington, Kentucky-based A&W Restaurants posted a double-digit sales increase in May, compared with the year-ago period, with some franchise locations…
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Steritech 'Hometown Heroes' program helped 8,100 on front lines
June 10, 2020
Food safety company, Steritech, recently paid its respects to what it calls its Hometown Heroes — front line health, long-term care and emergency workers — in…
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Wendy's says burger supply is fairly 'beefy' now
June 9, 2020
Wendy's said that not only is its beef supply largely back to normal, but its comp sales for May improved every week, even though they were still down 3.3…
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61% of US McDonald's customers OK with limited menu
June 9, 2020
When news first broke in an article in Inc.com that some McDonald's franchisees were leaning toward pushing for the brand to retain the limited menu it…
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Checkers & Rally's enter 'Mother Cruncher' in fast food chicken sandwich fray
June 8, 2020
Dubbed the "Mother Cruncher," Checkers & Rally's is clearly placing the emphasis on crispiness in its new chicken sandwich entry into the chicken sandwich…
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June 5, 2020
This year, the market researchers at Euromonitor expect per capita global consumer expenditure to decline by approximately 5% and the global economy to enter…
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Nearly a year after chicken sandwich wars, a major QSR claim to fame comes out of the coop
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Burgers and fries have always been the instant word associations with QSRs, but now, almost one year after last August's storied chicken sandwich wars, that…
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Displaced restaurant workers create web series amid pandemic
June 5, 2020
In hopes of changing how people view the foodservice industry, a group of Atlanta-based restaurant workers created a web series called, "Gratuity Not Included…
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