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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...
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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...
Outside Insights
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...
Growth
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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Spring, Texas’ first Salata was such a success, the popular salad bar is opening its second restaurant in the area at 6630 Spring Stuebner Road, Ste. 500 on Thursday. The new restaurant in the Grand Parkway Marketplace will kick off its grand opening festivities at 10:30 a.m. with an official...
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Mama Fu’s Asian House, an Austin, Texas-based, privately held fast-casual restaurant, has released its newest Spice Market Menu, this time highlighting an essential ingredient for all Asian cuisines—garlic The limited-time-only menu is available at all Mama Fu’s locations from September 1—...
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Like many big box retailers competing in an increasingly online world, Macy's has faced store closures in recent months. But now the retail giant is turning to a different angle to lure customers back into the racks. Working with its longtime design team at Shea, the company has been revamping...
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Papa John’s International, Inc. continues its expansion into new countries with the announcement of signed development agreements for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Poland.
PJ Western signed a development agreement to open 16 restaurants over the next five years in Kazakhstan, with the first...
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For the last nine months, Sonic Drive-In has put thousands of drive-in crews from across the country through a series of trainings, quizzes, and challenging team and individual competitions in search of the Final 12 crews to compete in this year’s 2017 DR PEPPER SONIC GAMES. The Games is an...
Emerging Concepts
If you’ve ever wondered how blue cheese, olive oil, or even bone marrow would taste in ice cream, look no further than Salt & Straw. The Portland, Oregon–based ice cream shop has been churning out unconventional flavors since it started six years ago, leading consumers—and industry insiders—...
Outside Insights
Today’s chefs are changing their cooking style, experimenting with new dishes, and redefining the word “restaurant.” Where once brick-and-mortar locations were the ultimate definitions of restaurants, today pop-ups, food trucks, ghost restaurants, or fast casual eateries, have come into the...
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Panera Bread wasn’t going to wait for legislation to catch up. The fast casual chain commissioned its own study and announced what it’s calling the company’s “next wave of transparency” on Wednesday. Starting this week, Panera will roll out its new “sweet facts” fountain beverage cups that list...
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Food halls are taking the nation’s cities by storm, providing locals with a central location for dozens of innovative concepts.
Joann Chung often helped her parents with their sushi restaurants. In 2015, Chung and her husband, Derek, opened Pokeatery in San Mateo, California.
For years, Pita Pit worked to educate customers about the nutritional value of its various pita fillings and toppings.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
The most recent numbers on baseline performance of fast casuals suggest some deep-seated problems in the industry.