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- Amazon could soon start delivering some of the industry's leading brands, like Shake Shack and Chipotle. t.co/gU2ANCz3FS
- [email protected]eatgarbanzo to @panerabread: Challenge accepted. t.co/oMnBzShkUf
- Thanks to chatbots, customers and restaurants are closer than they've ever been. From @Shriftman of @MakeSnaps. t.co/JDCI4zra1S
- Checkers has emerged from its sale, and the impact of Hurricane Irma, stronger than ever. @CheckersRallys t.co/QcLH7PvSCu
- Chicken wing prices are out of control right now. t.co/pUmRsAFiyM
- "One of the things that attracted me to @AuBonPain was I felt like I could make a difference here." t.co/VICq6DUYIx
- Check out some #WednesdayWisdom from Randy Garutti, CEO of fast casual leader Shake Shack. t.co/NRhDvlMPk4 t.co/dPviH7gMGA
- RT @HBC_Community: Wow! MT "@QSRmagazine Starbucks can add more than 150,000 customers in a single day thanks #PumpkinSpice Latte. …
- Starbucks can add more than 150,000 customers in a single day thanks to the famed Pumpkin Spice Latte. t.co/U6pj5b2W2z
- These brands have made the leap from nontraditional to brick and mortar, and are seeing great results.… t.co/zm75ombMFw
Industry News
Taco Bell plans to open between 300 and 350 “Cantina” locations by 2022, bringing its alcohol-focused concept to urban areas around the country.
According to an article in Food & Wine, Taco Bell will focus on large cities, like Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, and New York, as it looks to expand...
Industry News
Count delivery as part of Amazon’s plan to infiltrate the foodservice industry. The e-commerce giant announced Friday a partnership with Olo, an online food ordering company armed with a star-studded client list.
Amazon has long tried to dive into delivery with Amazon Restaurants, but hasn’t made...
Industry News
At least one fast casual brand is ready to take Panera Bread’s #KidsMenuChallenge. On Wednesday, Panera posted a video of founder Ron Shaich daring the rest of the industry to eat off their kids’ menu for a week, specifically calling out Wendy’s, Burger King, and McDonald’s.
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Competition
Brands are just like people; as they grow older, they mature, they change, and they suffer the same growing pains as the generations of brands that came before them. And now that the U.S. limited-service restaurant industry has been around for a century or so, brand growth can be seen just like...
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What is a chatbot? Chatbots have been around for a while now. But it is only recently that bots or, more specifically, chatbots have started making waves. New generation chatbots have the capability to become smarter over time due to their machine learning capabilities. These are sophisticated...
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Checkers called off its convention as Hurricane Irma gained strength in the Atlantic. The team departed South Florida and drove to company headquarters in Tampa, gearing up for the worst. A chaotic few days passed. Other than some cosmetic scrapes, the system came through in solid shape. But there...
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The rising cost of chicken wings has put so much pressure on Buffalo Wings & Rings that executives formed an in-house chicken task force to find ways to tackle the problem.
“We meet every week to just go through and find out what we can do to alleviate some of the pressure,” says Tom Jenkins,...
Start to Finish: What Inspires Execs
I worked on a farm as a kid, so I’ve been in the food business my whole life, basically. I started at Carlson Restaurants as a manager-in-training in the late ’80s at TGI Fridays, and left years later as the president of Pick Up Stix—that’s really where I learned how to lead and learned a lot about...
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The parent company of Bruegger’s Bagels will sell the brand to Caribou Coffee as it seeks to expand its international concepts in the U.S. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Le Duff America, which owns Bruegger’s and la Madeleine French Bakery and Cafe, will launch...
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The Habit Restaurant, Inc. is celebrating its annual Hatch Chile Festival with the launch of special menu items dedicated to this flavorful Southwestern pepper. A culinary and guest favorite, Hatch Chiles are grown in New Mexico and were created by combining three chiles to produce the perfect...
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Starting on September 1, McDonald’s customers will now receive a straw with a wrapper designed to look like a No. 2 pencil with their cold beverage. It’s part of the company’s way of making an important point about one of the things that demonstrates its commitment to being America’s best first...
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Blending virtual reality with real reality, KFC is using VR technology to teach its cooks how to make Original Recipe fried chicken in an entirely unique, hands-on and modern way. “The Hard Way—a KFC Virtual Training Escape Room” is designed as an escape room where Colonel Sanders gives his...
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Cousins Subs and Noah’s Ark Water Park—two iconic Wisconsin-based companies—teamed up for the first year to bring fans the ‘45 Days of Better’ sweepstakes.
From May 2—June 19, Wisconsinites were invited to join the pair in celebration of the sub shop’s 45th anniversary by entering to win...
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There are few comfort foods Americans love more than fried chicken. This popular dish—born centuries ago from a combination of Scottish and African cooking styles—is not only staying relevant in the health-food era, but it’s also getting elevated, thanks to creative chefs and recipes.
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New Dickey’s Barbecue Pit franchisee, Leonard McEnery plans to open his first Dickey’s location in Joliet, Illinois. McEnery, a Dickey’s brisket lover and long-time business owner, is excited to bring delicious barbecue to the business park in South Joliet.
McEnery, an owner of several...
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Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip, the popular international bakery café chain, has started serving up a wide assortment of freshly baked confections at its newest location at 1605 South River Road in Des Plaines.
It is the only Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip now open in a convenience store...
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For many chefs at quick-service and fast-casual restaurants, working with poultry is similar to an artist facing a blank canvas: The fairly neutral object can be used to create something unique and appealing.Even though deep-frying is incredibly popular in the limited-service space, there are other
Rise Biscuits & Donuts, a Durham, North Carolina–based better-breakfast concept, announced the launch of its franchise program in the summer of 2014. Since then, the brand has given QSR an inside look at its growth process.
Starbucks has been in the news headlines plenty this year for innovating its menu with the launch of its brightly colored unicorn drink, which drove “significant traffic.” Fall, however, seems to be the time when Starbucks gets to truly flex its specialty flavor muscles with the return of its e
Enterprise systems are more advanced than ever. Not only do they provide vital business information, but they can also make maintaining a consistent menu database across the brand easier than it’s ever been.
In 1980, Americans consumed an estimated 48 pounds of chicken per person each year. This year, the National Chicken Council projects that figure will reach an astonishing 92 pounds. By contrast, consumption of beef actually dropped significantly, from 77 to 56 pounds, during this same period.
For those limited-service brands that don’t yet have mobile ordering, consider three words of advice from Nike: Just do it.Within the next three years, every quick serve with any kind of regional or national footprint will have mobile ordering system-wide, says Russell Zack, senior vice president of
Checkers called off its convention as Hurricane Irma gained strength in the Atlantic. The team departed South Florida and drove to company headquarters in Tampa, gearing up for the worst. A chaotic few days passed. Other than some cosmetic scrapes, the system came through in solid shape.
For years, Pita Pit worked to educate customers about the nutritional value of its various pita fillings and toppings.
Joann Chung often helped her parents with their sushi restaurants. In 2015, Chung and her husband, Derek, opened Pokeatery in San Mateo, California.
In 2012, after some 22 years as Pizza Factory franchisees, Mary Jane Riva and her husband, Bob, added a new title to their business cards: franchisor.
The most recent numbers on baseline performance of fast casuals suggest some deep-seated problems in the industry.
Food halls are taking the nation’s cities by storm, providing locals with a central location for dozens of innovative concepts.