Blogs
10 ways to upgrade your burger game
by Christine Potts — Senior Editor, WebstaurantStore
As customers become more health-conscious, foodservice establishments are choosing to offer both vegetable- and meat-based burger alternatives.
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4 low-cost ways to make your restaurant more Earth friendly
In honor of Earth Day, Jeff Stone, CEO of Compeat, offers advice on how to make restaurants more sustainable without spending too much money.
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Essentials for courting, retaining millennials
Millennial workers want an easy and simple application process, and are using more automated application tools and smart-screening capabilities to streamline…
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Will 'Game of Thrones' show up on your menu?
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Although Shake Shack and Buffalo Wild Wings are gearing up for the return of Game of Thrones with a few Westeros-inspired LTOs, we think a few other brands…
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Restaurant same-store sales end 2018 on a high note, despite low traffic, high labor costs
The restaurant industry topped off 2018, with a 1.5 percent increase in same-store sales. Higher menu pricing and cost-cutting measures executed throughout the…
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Chef chatter: 4 ways to ensure your food partners deliver high-quality products
James Cannon, SVP of Culinary of Urban Plates, demands that his partners only give him high-quality food products.
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Bacon: Vegas' other favorite 'strip' that sizzles on Hawaiian sands, too
Hawaii and Nevada have the most bacon-obsessed restaurant customers in the U.S., and Alaska has the least. Where does your state rank?
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Will legal marijuana create new restaurant opportunities?
Darren Seifer, executive director of NPD, explores how cannabis could become another way for restaurants to innovate.
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Regaining control of last-mile delivery
In order to successfully regain control of delivery from third-party providers, restaurants must shift ownership of their mobile order flow back to themselves…
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Trend watch: Demand for more delivery options conflicts with push to abandon single-use packaging
The Foodservice Packaging Institute's annual trends survey found that the two greatest trends in foodservice packaging — increased delivery and abandoning…
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Chef Chatter: 86 the attitude when it comes to your Millennial-aged workers
The founding chef of Hot Indian in Minnesota discusses how chefs have a responsibility to transform the typical back-of-house culture, which has a fiery…
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The neverending winter: 11 fast casuals hoping LTOs will keep customers coming back 'til warmer days
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
From hot chicken to shrimp alfredo pizza, below is a partial list of limited-time menu items keeping us full, warm and hopeful for a spring thaw.
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Do you understand the 'trifecta of restaurant expansion success?'
Expanding to more sites won't generate the same anxieties as the first opening, but you will encounter a different set of challenges. Lee Leet, CEO of QSR…
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Study names Arlington, Virginia, as best city to open a restaurant
The Washington D.C. area dominated the top of the list with D.C. and Arlington ranking No. 3 and No. 1, respectively.
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How teaching your employees to provide great guest experiences increases sales
Empowered frontline staff leads to happier customers, which result in increased customer loyalty, consistently higher guest satisfaction, referrals and…
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6 ways to reduce food waste in your supply chain
From keeping foods fresh as long as possible to keeping up with changing consumer demand, a variety of devices and supply chain management techniques are…
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Starbucks: 'Our love was written in the lattes'
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Starbucks Canada has created a zodiac chart to help us find the perfect drinks for our Valentines, sparking the question. "Hey, there; what's your latte?"
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The power of digital coupons for multi-unit restaurants
Perse Faily, president and CEO at Tillster, explains why restaurants should use digital coupons as they allow brands to capture guest information, build more…
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It's your call: Who will win FastCasual's 2019 Excellence in Food Safety award?
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
FastCasual has partnered with Steritech to honor one fast casual brand for Excellence in Food Safety, but it's up to FastCasual's readers to come up with the…
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Is your restaurant down with the Top 5 social media trends of 2019?
SOCi CMO Monica Ho uncovers five ways restaurants can up their social games.
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