Top Fast Food News

Pizza Wholesale of Lexington, a distributor of Hunt Brothers Pizza, is expanding its partnership with collegiate marketer Learfield to become an official partner of University of North Carolina Athletics for the next five years, effective this 2017–18 season. The relationship allows Hunt Brothers Pizza to schedule sampling events on campus and plan community outreach initiatives […]

One of southern California’s most beloved homegrown brands has tapped longtime restaurant industry leader John W. Haywood to lead the next phase of its growth. Haywood is a San Diego resident and California native. Haywood, 53, is a Washington & Lee University and The Culinary Institute of America graduate with over 20 years of senior management […]

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. announced the addition of its newest premium offering, Queso Blanco. Made with real cheese, real milk, jalapeños, and heavy cream, Del Taco’s smooth and creamy Queso Blanco will be served at the company’s more than 550 restaurants nationwide beginning August 31. “With no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives, Queso Blanco will […]

Capgemini, a global leader in consulting and technology services, announced that it has signed a multi-year IT strategic provider agreement with McDonald’s Corporation. With support from Publicis.Sapient, another global leader in consulting services, Capgemini will be McDonald’s global IT strategic provider for restaurant and digital capabilities. “McDonald’s has launched an assertive strategy to transform its […]

Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. announced, effective on August 21, Rob Lynch has been appointed to the newly created role of president, Arby’s, and Jim Taylor has been promoted to chief marketing officer. As president, Arby’s, Lynch will oversee the brand’s marketing, operations, and development functions. Lynch previously served as chief marketing officer and brand president. […]

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 that also doubles as […]

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 intense national training competition that […]

Church’s Chicken, the brand best known for its hand battered fried chicken and scratch-made honey butter biscuits, announced that its Senior Director of Media, Digital & Public Relations, Laura Reese, will present at one of the restaurant industry’s premier mobile technology conferences—CONNECT: The Mobile CX Summit (Mobile CX), August 21–23 in Philadelphia. Reese’s panel discussion, […]

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will open its third location in Springfield, Missouri, on Tuesday at 2305 N. Glenstone. Freddy’s has two sites in southern Springfield, including one at 3757 S. Glenstone in James River Towne Center last fall. Additionally, the fast-casual restaurant concept recently opened in Ozark at 1915 W. Marler Ln. “Since the […]

As summer comes to an end and kids are back in school, Church’s Chicken, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Casa Grande Valley are coming together to give back in a big way. Church’s Chicken will donate 15 percent of participating purchases made between 3 and […]