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2017-08-15
2017-08-15
2017-08-15
- It's time to get that money for your restaurant. t.co/MbjcXKX75B
- RT @RestaurantsAct: Here are a few fun, creative tips to get your restaurants off the ground @QSRMagazine t.co/YpdgnW0xiE
- Buffalo Wild Wings doubled down on full service 15 years ago, but is ready to test the quick-service market again. t.co/L41ULZWt1G
- In the next five years, president and CEO Jim Mizes believes Blaze Pizza can become a $1 billion brand.… t.co/FWLYXJGGly
- In-N-Out Burger has marched to its own beat and emerged a cult phenomenon. t.co/51PnmgpYMW
- For 69 years, customers have been falling in love with In-N-Out Burger. t.co/51PnmgpYMW
- The restaurant industry creates an average of 500,000 jobs during the summer months. t.co/7sVUkQtajJ
- Restaurant sales took a tumble in July, @TDn2K says. t.co/hemduaQr0O
- What's next for Qdoba? t.co/pz7HcZSJIR
- The global food delivery market was worth $114 billion in 2016. t.co/HmsB7g6K58
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The City of Baldwin Park, California, sits northeast of the I-10 and 605 junction, covering some 6.6 miles of land in the San Gabriel Valley Region of Los Angeles County. A former agricultural outpost roughly 18 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Baldwin Park is today a city of working-class souls...
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My father had a pharmacy in St. Louis, and I started working the candy counter when I was 8 years old. Fast-forward to when I worked in financial planning. At one point I was at Denny’s and Winchell’s, and my boss asked me to be the controller. Everybody somewhere in their career has a pivot point...
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Running a successful restaurant is more than serving quality food and drinks; it requires a business owner to have a means to pay for a knowledgeable and skilled staff, quality ingredients, efficient equipment, and appealing facilities that are required to remain competitive and keep customers...
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Several casual-dining brands have recently recognized the potential in counter-service spin-off concepts.
From Hooters to Cracker Barrel and from Hurricane Grill to The Cheesecake Factory, full-service brands are rolling out limited-service prototypes in hopes of drawing a younger, more transient...
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July cooked any optimism the restaurant industry might have felt from a promising June. Same-store sales dropped 2.8 percent across the landscape, a significant 1.8 percentage point decline from the previous month, when traffic and sales reached their best marks since 2016.
Traffic plummeted 4.7...
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The Big Chicken silently clucks its beak and rolls its eyes. At 56 feet tall—about five stories—it peers over not just the nearby interstate, but almost all of Marietta, Georgia. At the chicken’s base, a marching band plays as people gather on an impromptu red carpet and take pictures. The mayor,...
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It’s been a transformative decade for limited-service restaurants. The industry has evolved, from the invasion of food trucks to the explosion of higher-quality, service-oriented fast casuals. As consumers continue to expect high-caliber, convenient meals, would-be operators are limited only by...
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The restaurant industry creates an average of 500,000 jobs during the summer months, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, making it one of the largest seasonal job creators. In fact, nearly one-third of the restaurant industry workforce are part-year employees.
Having a...
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Sonic Drive-In is honoring National Hot Dog Day by offering 6-inch All-American Hot Dogs and Chili Cheese Coneys for $1 all day—an annual celebration for hot dog lovers.
The All-American Dog features a 6-inch, grilled premium beef hot dog topped with classic condiments including ketchup,...
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Chick-fil-A has an answer to the take-out craze: Family Style Meals. Starting Monday in Greensboro, North Carolina, Phoenix, and San Antonio, the brand is testing meal kits, including new sides, to meet a growing consumer demand it says affects nearly 40 percent of current dinner customers....
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Papa John’s customers can now order pizza while browsing social media.
The brand’s national Facebook page now features a “Start Order” button, which gives customers the chance to order pizzas, desserts, and sides through Facebook. When ordering through Facebook,...
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In keeping with its commitment to become the global franchisor of choice, Church’s Chicken has realigned its marketing organization to create more meaningful connections to the beloved brand guests have enjoyed for the past 65 years.
Led by Executive Vice President and Global Chief...
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Last month, Brooklyn Water Bagel, a leader in the fast casual industry specializing in breakfast and deli creations using a proprietary 14-step water filtration process, honored the victims of the June 12, 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting by serving special handcrafted Rainbow Pride Bagels at their...
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Dunkin' Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced its partnership with nationally recognized grocer, Price Chopper to open three restaurants in Kansas. The first location is slated to open July 26 in the Paola Price Chopper, located at 309 N. Hospital Drive....
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Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a leading fast casual cafe concept known for its better-for-you food and smoothies with a tropical twist, announced it experienced tremendous success in the first half of 2017 and accelerated its ongoing growth, opening 56 new locations as well as signing 74 franchise...
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Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading raw juice bar and hand-crafted smoothie chains, launched its delicious duo of Golden Summer Refreshers, the Chili Lime Mango Smoothie and Turmeric Fusion, to celebrate the healthy flavors of summertime. This promotion is even more exciting because of...
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Staff energy is a fickle resource, prone to waxing and waningwithout much provocation. After all, what is it that gives us zeal for work? Food? Coffee? Passion? Health?The answer, of course, is a little bit of everything.
Vegetables are no stranger to the limited-service industry, but have long been confined to the salad bowl and sandwich topping station.
When you hear the phrase “traditional American cuisine,” what are the first foods that come to mind?If you’re from New England, you may conjure up an image of a plate of baked cod or a boiled lobster.
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
Whether it’s açai, juice cleanses, or spiking your morning coffee with yak butter, our culture loves the notion of fast-track solutions to better health.
Breaking findings from Sense360 show that early morning hours are important across sub-categories of quick-serve restaurants for the most loyal customers.Nutritionists have long hailed breakfast as the most important meal of the day and USA today recently highlighted the growing importance of breakf
Running a successful restaurant is more than serving quality food and drinks; it requires a business owner to have a means to pay for a knowledgeable and skilled staff, quality ingredients, efficient equipment, and appealing facilities that are required to remain competitive and keep customers comin
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.
For years, Pita Pit worked to educate customers about the nutritional value of its various pita fillings and toppings.
Food halls are taking the nation’s cities by storm, providing locals with a central location for dozens of innovative concepts.
The City of Baldwin Park, California, sits northeast of the I-10 and 605 junction, covering some 6.6 miles of land in the San Gabriel Valley Region of Los Angeles County.