Quick-Service and Fast Casual Restaurant News and Information

House Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Package

Wow Bao Launches First-of-Its-Kind Off-Premises Strategy

10 Perseverance Tips During COVID-19

Navigating Unprecedented Times: 5 Ways to Boost Your Restaurant’s Mobile App

COVID-19 we are closed sign hangs in window.

The First 22 Days of March: Restaurants Have Lost $25 Billion

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Communication Key to Cousins CEO in Time of Crisis

How the sandwich franchise is adapting to COVID-19 realities.

What to Know About Supply Chain During Coronavirus

Three supply chain experts share thoughts on what operators should do.

COVID-19 Considerations for Restaurant Franchise Systems

Here are some key considerations for both franchisors and franchisees.

9 Fast-Food Chains Ready to Soar in 2020

Chipotle offers better employee incentives for parental leave and paid time off.

Chipotle to Offer Unlimited PTO, Enhanced Parental Leave

Responding to COVID-19: Fast Food Focuses on Drive Thru, Pickup

Trump Encourages Fast-Food Brands to Keep the Drive Thru Open

Subway franchisees also recently asked corporate for financial relief.

Here’s How Your Brand Should Prepare for COVID-19

As cases rise in the U.S., it’s time to put together a strategy.

Yum! Brands Has 7,000 Restaurants Closed Globally

Could the COVID-19 impact slow Pizza Hut's turnaround plan?

Subway Adds Former Carrabba's President to Leadership Team

Mike Kappitt is stepping in as chief operating and insights officer.

Fast Casual 2.0

Wow Bao Launches First-of-Its-Kind Off-Premises Strategy

Four Foods Offers Tips for Emerging Brands to Get Through Coronavirus

Someone plays video games with Chipotle on the table.

Chipotle Announces 2020 Challenge Series

Panera Bread's Baja Grain Bowl on a table next to soup.

How Panera is Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis

Communication Key to Cousins CEO in Time of Crisis

How One Fast Casual CEO is Keeping Positive

Special Reports

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Coronavirus Updates: What Restaurants Need to Know

Stay up to date as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe.

The 40/40 List

We can see it clearly: These 40 brands have a great shot at defining the next generation of fast-casual success.

How to Win the Plant-Based Game

As the plant movement progresses from a trend to a lasting change, it’s time for operators to decide what fits their brands best when it comes to plant-forward and plant-based foods

Naan at Curry Up Now fast casual restaurant.

Tips to Grow Your Restaurant Brand in 2020

Growing a brand to encompass multiple units can be difficult, scary, exciting, and rewarding. But it’s also the sum of many parts.

The 2019 QSR Drive-Thru Study

The drive-thru lane has reigned in quick service for 70 years. But with off-premises booming and new technologies thriving, will drive thru ever be the same?

A&W's All-American Experience Endures 100 Years Later

As the legacy brand celebrates a century in business, its new leaders reflect on a history full of ups and downs—but one that never wavered from classic American food.