McDonald's UK testing table service

May 17, 2012

McDonald's is testing table service at some of its 1,200 units throughout the United Kingdom. According to the Daily Mail, servers have been hired as a way for…

TCBY rolls out mobile truck

May 17, 2012

TCBY has launched its new frozen yogurt truck platform in Charlotte, N.C., as part of its strategic expansion. The mobile truck model was rolled out to meet…

Study: American dining out habits changing

May 16, 2012

A recent study by Harris Interactive measured how much Americans are dining out to gauge whether or not economic recovery is occurring.

Dunkin' Brands adds former McDonald's president to board

May 16, 2012

Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has announced the appointment of Raul Alvarez to the company's board of…

Cintas recycling campaign benefits Ronald McDonald Charities

May 16, 2012

Cintas Corporation has announced that it has collected more than 500 pounds of pull tabs for its second annual E.A.R.T.H. (Every Area Recycling Tabs Helps!…

Cousins Subs opens Arizona location

May 16, 2012

Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs will open its newest location, in Glendale, Ariz., Thursday.

Blurring of the lines between QSR and Fast Casual

By Mindy Armstrong, Insights Manager, Food IQ 

Mobile: What your customers are using

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Panel discusses trends in the table and delivery service spaces as they apply to restaurant strategies.

Burger King named QSR Partner of USA Basketball

May 15, 2012

Burger King Corp. and USA Basketball have announced a new marketing partnership that makes Burger King the Official QSR Partner of USA Basketball.

McDonald's UK launches 'behind the scene's website

May 15, 2012

McDonald's UK is launching a new website, www.WhatMakesMcDonalds.co.uk, this week to provide a "behind the scenes" look at the chain through articles, videos…

Milio's Sandwiches rolls out Mediterranean trio

May 15, 2012

Milio's Sandwiches is reintroducing its popular Mediterranean sandwich trio, which will be available systemwide between May 21 and Aug. 12.

Sonic deploys cloud-based business intelligence platform

May 15, 2012

Sonic Drive-In Restaurants has implemented 1010data's cloud-based Big Data Warehouse to analyze billions of records to enable business decisions ranging from…

Fiesta Restaurant Group taps former Arby's exec as CDO

May 15, 2012

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc., parent company of the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana brands, has named industry veteran John Todd as its chief development…

Illinois Hardee's sets opening week company record

May 15, 2012

The newly opened Hardee's in the Rockford, Ill., area set a company sales record in its opening week in Loves Park, topping the previous Hardee's domestic…

Dunkin' Brands testing new American Express mobile feature

May 14, 2012

American Express has launched a mobile offer engine that recommends and ranks relevant merchant offers in real time for U.S. Cardmembers based on their…

Dude, where's my regs?

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

Last July, the NRA and many other organizations suggested the FDA use flexibility for menu labeling stipulations as they apply to both chains and smaller…

Krispy Kreme signs first development agreement in India

May 14, 2012

The doughnut wars are heating up in India. Less than a week after Dunkin' Donuts debuted in India, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation has announced that it has…

Jack in the Box promotes COO to president

May 14, 2012

Jack in the Box Inc. has announced that Leonard A. Comma was promoted to president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Comma, who has served as…

Global Franchise Group names former McAlister's exec as CFO

May 14, 2012

Atlanta-based Global Franchise Group, parent company of Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery and…

Baskin-Robbins extending presence in San Diego

May 14, 2012

Baskin-Robbins is expanding in Southern California with plans to add more than 15 new restaurants throughout the next several years in the San Diego metro…