Getting personal: 2 experts' tips on making restaurant marketing miracles

In restaurant marketing, brands have to get personal with their customers to score. Today's podcast focuses on two personalization experts' tips on making the…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Attentive

Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform for innovative brands & organizations that can quickly become a top 3 revenue channel. Using…

Dickey's doubles down on ghost kitchen deployment

June 18, 2021

Dickey's Barbecue Pit has partnered with the Miami-based virtual kitchen provider, Combo Kitchen, to open at least 100 ghost kitchens over the next year. Each…

Cheba Hut making San Antonio debut

June 18, 2021

Cheba Hut, a marijuana-inspired sub shop based in Fort Collins, Colorado, is opening its latest location in San Antonio at 11911 Alamo Ranch Pkwy., Suite 132.

El Pollo Loco testing drone delivery

June 18, 2021

California-based El Pollo Loco Inc. is testing door-to-backyard drone delivery to improve customer experience, President and CEO Bernard Acoca said in a…

Nekter Juice Bar beats sales goals to a pulp

June 18, 2021

Despite COVID-19 challenges, California-based Nekter Juice Bar squeezed out plenty of juice and profits this past year. Sales were up by more than 50% versus…

SpotOn teams with Google for easier online order option

June 18, 2021

SpotOn, which offers fully-integrated restaurant management systems, is integrating with Order with Google to deliver an even easier online ordering option for…

Chicken Salad Chick readies 2nd Louisiana location

June 18, 2021

Chicken Salad Chick has opened its latest location in Slidell, Louisiana, marking the state's second location after the first opened two months ago in Gonzales.

How vegan-friendly options drive traffic for The Hummus & Pita Co

Dave Pesso, co-founder of NYC's The Hummus & Pita Co., spent the bulk of the pandemic creating a vegan-friendly menu and developing a supply chain to allow…

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Vya

Restaurant franchisors partner with Vya to easily provide franchisees access to customizable marketing materials, reduce custom creative requests, simplify LTO…

Rave Restaurant Group Names Clint Fendley CFO

June 17, 2021

Dallas-based Pie Five and Pizza Inn parent, said it promoted its vice president of finance, Clint Fendley, to chief financial officer, effective July 5…

AI doesn't replace the restaurant marketer

by Jessica Shelcusky — Senior Marketing Specialist, Paytronix

If used properly, artificial intelligence gives marketers the information, insight and confidence they need to maximize returns when engaging and motivating…

Life's a (Venice) Beach for Everbowl

June 17, 2021

San Diego-based craft superfood chain Everbowl has expanded into the Los Angeles market with four locations — one each in Hollywood, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas…

Huey Magoo's signs 200th franchise

June 17, 2021

Huey Magoo's has inked franchise agreements to enter North Carolina and Ohio as well as deals adding locations to cities in Florida and Tennessee totaling 20…

Missouri's capital city welcomes Slim Chickens

June 17, 2021

Slim Chickens, a 129-unit chain based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, opened last week in Jefferson City, Missouri, at 2207 Missouri Blvd., with R Solutions Holding…

Killer Burger entering Idaho

June 17, 2021

Portland's Killer Burger multi-unit franchisee Wes Walterman has signed a lease to open the brand's first Idaho location at 85 W. Prairie Shopping Center in…

P Terry’s introduces app, revamps online ordering

June 17, 2021

P. Terry's Burger Stand, a family owned burger chain based in Austin, is launching an online ordering app to allow guests to order meals on-the-go for takeout…

Starbucks promotes Culver, Conway, Burns to leadership roles

June 16, 2021

Starbucks Corp. has promoted John Culver, who has led the international division for 15 years, to group president, North America, according to a press release.

RFIS 2021 Sponsor Preview: Restaurant 365

Restaurant365 is a cloud-based, all-inclusive, back-office solution that combines key restaurant modules with an integrated accounting backbone. Restaurant36…

BurgerFi joining Russel Microcap Index

June 16, 2021

BurgerFi International Inc., which FastCasual recently named as the top brand on its 2021 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers list, is joining the Russell…