GeekBeat.TV interviews Yelp exec

The hosts of GeekBeat.TV chat with Darnell Holloway of Yelp about how restaurant owners can use the customer reviews to attract and retain customers.

McDonald's late-night breakfast tests well, will expand

June 13, 2013

McDonald's late-night breakfast menu test, taking place in the Central Ohio market for nearly a year, was successful enough to lead to a broader rollout.

Pizza Hut's largest franchisee acquiring 24 Wendy's restaurants

June 13, 2013

NPC International Inc. announced today that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with a subsidiary of The Wendy's Company to acquire 2…

Revention launches ordering platform with integrated POS systerm

Revention has released an online ordering solution called Hunger Rush, which runs on an HTML5  Platform, also has POS capabilities, explains Laura Gaudin…

Mobile ordering puts service into customers' hands

Noah Glass, founder of OLO, an online and mobile ordering platform, discusses why mobile ordering is quickly gaining popularity among restaurant customers.  

How can restaurant operators manage a world of 'big data?'

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Concerns remain about how to turn all of that information into actionable items.

American Restaurant Holdings now a publicly traded company

June 12, 2013

Focus Entertainment International Inc. has acquired American Restaurants LLC, a Nevada-based limited liability company, through a reverse merger transaction.

EMX launches new drive-thru vehicle sensor

June 12, 2013

EMX Industries Inc. has launched a new Ultrasonic Vehicle Detector system, USVD-4X. The sensor is designed to optimize operations while cutting costs, and was…

How the health care law will affect your restaurant

Scott DeFife, the executive vice president of Policy and Government Affairs with the National Restaurant Association, said there were 400 to 500 restaurant…

Heartland Systems' SmartLink unveils Food Safety Monitoring platform

Heartland Payments' SmartLink unveiled a new food safety monitoring system at the National Restaurant Association Show last month. The system monitors cooler…

7 tips to make it easy for customers to find your restaurant

It's important for your business to show up in online searches.

Why Millennials expect to be engaged via mobile

Sastry Penumarthy, with Punchh, talked at NRA about how important it is for restaurants to engage customers via mobile.  

McDonald's turns in positive sales across the board

June 10, 2013

McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 2.6 percent in May, the first time this year sales were positive across all…

Survey explains why chains are increasing prices

SpenDifference's Brad Moore shares the results of the company's survey that polled restaurant chains about their price increases.

Burger King Delivery expands to Phoenix, Denver markets

June 7, 2013

Burger King's BK Delivers program is now available in the Phoenix and Denver markets.

International guestworkers protest against McDonald's for labor abuse allegations

June 7, 2013

On Thursday, protests were held in more than 30 countries targeting McDonald's for alleged labor abuse against international student guestworkers.

Good Times signs distribution agreement with Food Services of America

June 7, 2013

Good Times Restaurants Inc. today announced that it has entered into a five-year distribution agreement with Food Services of America (FSA) that covers…

USDA announces Food Waste Challenge

June 6, 2013

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was joined by Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe to announce the U.S.

Former Groupon VP joins Front Flip

June 6, 2013

Former Groupon executive Kevin Petry has been named Front Flip's new VP of local sales, according to a company press release. Petry is now responsible for…

Consumers driving the need for restaurants to adopt mobile solutions

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Some experts predict mobile payments to reach critical mass in three to five years.