Food & Beverage News & Media
Keeping tabs on Top 100 winners' traits plus Oracle expert's pandemic-era performance tips
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
On today's podcast, FastCasual Editor Cherryh Cansler gives her take on top traits of this year's Top 100 Movers & Shakers winners, while an Oracle restaurant…
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Flexibility Act en route to president: Restaurant industry breathes sigh of relief
June 4, 2020
Better loan terms, loosened FTE rehire requirements and a longer coverage period are just some of the benefits of the PPP Flexibility Act passed by the Senate…
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Firehouse Subs '5-alarm' tech emergency highlights value of evaluating systems
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
For Firehouse Subs, the emergence of COVID-19 on the American landscape triggered nothing short of a five-alarm emergency to get the sandwich brand in sync…
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With dine-in permitted at more US restaurants, transactions improve
June 1, 2020
Out of the more than 1 million restaurants that were in business as of this year in the U.S,, the NPD Group estimated Monday that nearly 320,000 were now…
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Yum China intros plant-based entrees at KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell
June 1, 2020
Yum China Holdings Inc. is partnering with plant-based "meat" provider, Beyond Meat Inc., to introduce the Beyond Burger as an LTO at select KFC, Pizza Hut and…
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COVID-19 pandemic coverage on QSRweb
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
We've gathered all the ongoing coverage across our food service websites here in one story, which will be added to on a daily basis as news breaks.
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House approves bill to loosen PPP loan requirements
May 29, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill designed to loosen requirements on hundreds of billions of dollars in small-business loans to help companies…
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Yoshinoya beefs up for summer
May 28, 2020
Japanese-inspired rice bowl brand and one of the world's oldest QSRs, Yoshinoya, has launched a grilled BBQ beef LTO through its Yoshinoya America stores that…
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Meeting QSRs' urgent app-based COVID-19 training needs
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
QSR leaders nationally are urgently seeking training services that can be pushed out quickly to vast numbers of hourly workers across many locales and types of…
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Fresh from acquisition, Krystal hatches a hangover 'cure'
May 27, 2020
Fresh from its acquisition last week by Fortress Investment Group LLC and Golden Child Holdings, Krystal is back up and fighting with a new menu item that…
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Bojangles' spreads it on thick' with pimento cheese LTO
May 27, 2020
That spicy cream and cheddar-cheese concoction, known as pimento cheese — after the namesake cherry peppers that dot the spread — is back at Bojangles' as an…
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KFC tests '20%' bigger chicken filet sandwich
May 26, 2020
Kentucky Fried Chicken is testing what it calls a "more premium" fried chicken sandwich in several Orlando, Florida-area stores for a limited time, a news…
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Pandemic hammers foodservice coffee sales; outlook uncertain
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Long-term, foodservice will continue to struggle to recover from COVID-19, as consumers will increase their economy focused spending. The lingering impact of…
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Golden Chick hatches Big & Golden entry in QSR chicken sandwich wars
May 22, 2020
This Monday, May 25, Texas-based Golden Chick is launching what it hopes is a new player in the chicken wars in its Big & Golden chicken sandwich at all…
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Tackling COVID-19 training on QSRs' front lines, plus menu must-haves for a 'to-go' world
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
For QSR operators today, there are two huge questions: "How can I quickly train my staff on all these new COVID-19-related mandates?" and "How should I modify…
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Kitchen United opens in Austin
May 21, 2020
Kitchen United, a kitchen-as-a-service company built to serve off-premise dining, has opened a center in Austin, Texas. The facility, referred to as Kitchen…
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QSR customers dissatisfied with delivery, but still won't dine-in
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A consumer survey and another data analysis show consumers are not racing back to dine in, but are committed to delivery, though many have big issues with how…
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Grocery workers sack up a White Castle discount
May 20, 2020
White Castle is offering a 20% discount to employees of grocery stores and retail food outlets as a way to thank them for making sure people have food on their…
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Subway's take on getting back to dine-in
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Like so many other QSRs these days, Subway stores and franchisees are in the process of powering and training up for dine-in amidst a socially distanced world.
read nowNew York investment group pays $49M for Krystal chain
May 15, 2020
Dunwoody, Georgia-based Krystal Burger – which has remained open after filing for bankruptcy – has been sold to New York-based Fortress Investment Group for…
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