Qu Offers Free Online Ordering Service to Help Restaurants Survive COVID

Qu, the restaurant tech company redefining POS for digital consumers, announced today a free quick-start online ordering service for all restaurants striving…

Feed the First Responders Supports Restaurants & Front Line Workers

Restaurants are fighting to stay open. COVID patients are fighting for their lives. Front line responders are fighting for all of us and our country.

Boston Market under new management

April 29, 2020

Boston Market has a new owner. 

Pret a Manger reopening select NYC stores

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

April 29, 2020

While many restaurants throughout the United States have opted to stay open for delivery and carry-out during COVID-19, Pret a Manger decided on March 17 to…

Starbucks fiscal Q2 earnings hit by COVID-19

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

April 29, 2020

Starbucks Corp., one of the first global companies to feel the sting of COVID-19, reported a 47% drop in earnings during its fiscal second quarter, yet managed…

Why Schlotzsky's isn't ready to reopen dining rooms

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Although based in Georgia, where restaurants are now allowed to reopen dining rooms, Schlotzsky's has decided against welcoming in-store dining. COO Tory…

To reopen or not to reopen: How soon is too soon?

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

In all things, someone has to go first, and in the pandemic in which we are now living, the state of Georgia has taken the lead in allowing restaurants to…

Blaze Pizza, Mici launch DIY kits

April 29, 2020

Two U.S. pizza chains said this week that they launched pizza make-at-home kits to meet customers where they are as stay-at-home orders continue for most the…

Restaurant365 launches lending program to help restaurants access capital

April 28, 2020

Restaurant365, an all-in-one restaurant management platform, has created R365 Capital, a program designed to help restaurants quickly access the capital they…

Soupergirl rescuing her own business

Although COVID-19 is the villain to Washington D.C.-based Soupergirl's story, Co-founder Sara Polon and her mother, Marilyn, are no damsels in distress

Incentivio partners with ParTech on POS integration

April 28, 2020

Incentivio, an all-in-one restaurant digital guest experience provider, is teaming up with ParTech, Inc., a POS solution, to offer ParTech's cloud-based Brink…

Paytronix secures $10M in additional funding

April 28, 2020

Paytronix Systems Inc. has secured $10 million in funding led by Great Hill Partners and Paytronix Co-Founders Matt d'Arbeloff and Andrew Robbins tocontinue to…

PizzaRev opens 1st Virginia store Friday

April 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based PizzaRev will open its first Virginia store Friday, this one located in Virginia Beach. And though the store will only offer delivery and…

Small businesses prepare for second chance at SBA loans

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Businesses that lost out on the first round of funding from Small Business Administration loans for relief from the coronavirus pandemic have been given a…

Second fed loan program for small businesses hits snags

April 28, 2020

Computer glitches and slowdowns at the Small Business Administration frustrated small businesses again as lenders trying to submit loan applications through…

Webinar to help leaders optimize restaurants for online, curbside orders

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

This free hour-long webinar features what restaurant brands need for an easy-to-use and secure POS system.

Coolgreens opens third Dallas location

April 27, 2020

Coolgreens, a healthy lifestyle eatery, now has three locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

Coronavirus relief checks easing restaurant transaction declines

April 27, 2020

Likely buoyed by the coronavirus relief payments received from the government, consumers increased their restaurant transactions in the week ending April 1…

PaybyPhone helping World Central Kitchen

April 27, 2020

PaybyPhone, a provider of mobile parking payment services, is supporting the World Central Kitchen in the wake of COVID-19.

Zaxby's partners with SoundCloud to create ambient restaurant playlist

April 27, 2020

In an effort to bring its dine-in experience to fans, Zaxby's has uploaded a custom collection of ambient restaurant sounds to SoundCloud. Featuring five…