Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery hits Sanford, North Carolina

August 26, 2025

FAT Brands has opened a co-branded Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery in Sanford, North Carolina. The new restaurant brings both brands to the…

FAT Brands goes virtual with Great American Cookies

August 26, 2025

FAT Brands, parent company of Great American Cookies, has partnered with Virtual Dining Concepts to launce Great American Cookies as one of as one of VDC's…

Domino's brings back 'Best Deal Ever'

August 26, 2025

Domino's has bought back its "Best Deal Ever" promotion. For a limited time, customers can order any pizza with any toppings for $9.99 each, according to a…

Mooyah VP of operations talks quality of food, consistency and those milkshakes

Beth Stockmoe, VP of operations for Mooyah, discusses the brand's food and operations in our latest Restaurant Operator Podcast.

Scheduling Chaos Costs More Than Overtime: Here’s Why

Discover how outdated, spreadsheet-based scheduling silently undermines restaurant profits—with turnover, customer loss, and burned-out managers costing far…

White Castle to enter Texas

August 22, 2025

White Castle has plans to enter Texas at the Grandscape in The Colony. The restaurant will be near the the intersection of Destination Drive and Grandscape…

Wetzels Pretzels opens 1st bakery in Kentucky with Walmart partnership

August 22, 2025

Wetzel's Pretzels has opened Kentucky's first bakery in a Bowling Green Walmart, according to a press release.

GoTo Foods takes to skies with multi-brand drone delivery in partnership with DoorDash, Wing

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

GoTo Foods is partnering with DoorDash and Wing on a multi-brand drone delivery pilot in three Texas markets to explore how the technology can improve…

Speaker Spotlight: Claudia Lezcano, Fuku CEO

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

Claudia Lezcano, CEO of Fuku, shares a look at her career, her achievements and industry trends ahead of her appearance at Fast Casual Executive Summit 2025.

Celebrating the 2025 Fast Casual Hall of Fame inductees

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Registration is open!

Del Taco expands partnership with ezCater

August 19, 2025

Del Taco and ezCater has expanded their partnership to bring catering options to nearly 250 Del Taco locations. A phased rolllout of the remaining Del Taco…

From Maine to Milan: The global journey of Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls

How do you take a Maine lobster roll and build a brand that stretches from the East Coast to the heart of Milan, Italy? That’s the kind of breakthrough story…

SynergySuite Secures $12 Million to Lead the AI-First Future of Restaurant Operations

SynergySuite raises $12M led by Oyster Capital to accelerate its AI-powered restaurant operations platform. The funding supports global expansion for their…

The QSR tightrope: balancing margins, compliance and employee happiness

by Justin Hall — HR Director, Salz Group

Modern restaurants can increase profit margins by prioritizing smart, strategic workforce management, which includes using technology to improve hiring…

GoTo Foods partners with DoorDash for drone delivery service

August 13, 2025

GoTo Foods has partnered with DoorDash to provide drone delivery. The fast-mile delivery service, enabled by Wing, is currently live in three Texas markets…

Marco's Pizza opens more than 40 stores in first half of 2025

August 13, 2025

Marco's Pizza marked a strong first half of 2025 with 41 store openings. The brand said in a press release that it is poised for a 28% year-over-year increase…

How Saroki's Crispy Chicken & Pizza pairs great food, service with mega pavilions

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

Saroki's Crispy Chicken & Pizza proves that gas station food can be great. Lead by brothers Todd and Curtis Saroki, the brand has 19 locations in mega gas…

How AI turning labor from cost center into growth driver for QSRs

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Connect Media

In a free webinar titled "Labor Forecasting 2.0: Predicting Future Demand and Staffing for Efficient Growth with AI" viewers will learn how AI is powering…

7 Signs Your Restaurant POS Has Reached End-of-Life—And What to Do About It

Is your restaurant POS software outdated? Discover the signs your restaurant POS system is due for replacement—and what to do about it.

Wendy's sales down in U.S. in Q2; adds 44 restaurants

August 8, 2025

Wendy's reported earnings today of $3.7 billion, a decrease of 1.8%, for the second quarter ended June 29, 2025, according to a press release.