Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality” —will open its newest store in Lehi, Utah, January 20, making it the company’s 61st U.S. location and the first in the state of Utah. With its quality approach, PDQ offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, speed […]

Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality”—offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, speed and convenience of the fast food and fast casual segment. PDQ will open its newest store in Oklahoma City near Quail Springs Mall this Sunday, October 8th, making it the company’s […]

Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality”—will open its newest store in Phoenix, Arizona, this Sunday, September 10, making it the company’s 60th U.S. location and the first in the state of Arizona. With its quality approach, PDQ offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, […]

PDQ will open its newest store in Lake Nona, Florida, August 20, making it the company’s 59th U.S. location and third in the Orlando area. The Lake Nona location will serve PDQ’s famous hand-breaded chicken tenders, hand-tossed salads, made-to-order sandwiches, and hand-spun milkshakes, in addition to dishes from the brand’s new chef-inspired menu created by […]

Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality”—will open its newest store in Jacksonville, Florida, this Sunday, July 30, making it the company’s 58th U.S. location and fourth in the Jacksonville area. With its quality approach, PDQ offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, speed and […]

Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality”—will open its newest store in Edmond, Oklahoma, this Sunday, June 25, making it the company’s 57th U.S. location and the first in the state of Oklahoma. With its quality approach, PDQ offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, […]

Award-winning restaurant PDQ—short for “People Dedicated to Quality”—will open its newest store in Clermont, Florida, on May 7, making it the company’s 56th U.S. location. With its quality approach, PDQ offers chef-driven recipes and mindful ingredients typically found in a fine casual restaurant with the value, speed and convenience of the fast food and fast […]

PDQ (People Dedicated to Quality) restaurants will celebrate its fifth birthday later this month with a Birthday party at every location and the introduction of a special new menu item. To thank PDQ fans for five years of success, PDQ founders Bob Basham and Nick Reader have created a new savory and sweet addition that […]

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne teamed up with PDQ (People Dedicated to Quality) restaurants to introduce a specialty sandwich available this October and November. PDQ—known for its hand-breaded chicken tenders, hand-tossed salads, made-to-order sandwiches, and hand-spun milkshakes—is beloved throughout the Southeast and beyond for its high-touch, high-integrity approach to fresh food, fast. Kahne, the No. 5 […]

QSR magazine, a leading restaurant industry trade publication, and SeeLevel HX, a business intelligence provider, have partnered to continue bringing the QSR Drive-Thru Performance Study to the quick-service restaurant industry. First conducted in 1998, the study measures how leading quick-service restaurant brands are performing in the all-important drive-thru business, which accounts for approximately 60 percent […]

When fast-casual concept PDQ first opened its doors in the fall of 2011 with a new approach to the chicken category, owners Bob Basham and Nick Reader weren’t sure what to expect. They knew the brand’s contemporary design, commitment to quality, and emphasis on customer service were strong brand differentiators, but they wondered if consumers […]