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Restaurants brace for busy Mother's Day
April 18, 2013
Restaurant operators had best show their 'A game' on May 12. A new Technomic poll found that more than half of consumers plan to take their moms out to eat…
read nowFood ordering service begins accepting Bitcoin payments
April 17, 2013
Foodler, an online food ordering service, has started accepting Bitcoins to pay for delivery and takeout orders. The company claims it is the first service to…
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Commentary: Being a restaurant manager is tough enough (in memory of Boston's Krystle Campbell)
Krystle Campbell, age 29, was reportedly a gregarious, gracious and well-liked person who managed a restaurant near Boston.
read nowYour tolerance for cash shortages bearable or terrible?
When errors do occur and the cash handling performance is not within established guidelines, the appropriate action should be taken to correct the behavior or…
read nowFranchising industry experiences growth for third consecutive month
April 17, 2013
The Franchise Business Index (FBI), an index of the economic health of the franchising industry, increased by 0.3 percent in March, boosted by modest…
read nowTaco Cabana, Pollo Tropical VP named to support new restaurant development
April 17, 2013
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. has hired Ed Carnevale as vice president of Construction Services to support growth of its Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical brands.
read nowMOOYAH announces 3-tier expansion plan
April 17, 2013
MOOYAH has announced a three-tiered geographic objective to its next phase of 2013 expansion, including going into international markets for the first time in…
read nowRestaurant owners form lobby group to fight for minimum wage increases
April 17, 2013
A week after the National Restaurant Association announced that it would use lobbyists to represent some of the country’s largest chain restaurant corporations…
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Pie Five CEO: Fast casual pizza 'solves a problem for consumers'
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Exec's intention is to become the "leading, preeminent fast casual brand in the pizza space."
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Carville, Matalin to discuss gov't issues facing restaurateurs at Fast Casual Exec Summit
April 16, 2013
James Carville and Mary Matalin, Washington D.C.’s most high-profile political couple, will bring a fiery conversation about how Washington is affecting the…
read nowHMSHost opens new fast casuals, QSRs at Dallas airport
April 16, 2013
Dining options at Dallas Love have been upgraded, thanks to a partnership between HMSHost and Java Star Incorporated. They have opened La Madeleine Country…
read nowRobeks deploys personalized, geo-targeted advertising platform
April 16, 2013
Robeks Premium Fruit Smoothies' 108 franchisees began using Silvercrest Advertising's Localized Media Automation Platform (LMAP) this week, with an objective…
read nowCowboy Chicken adds franchise development director
April 16, 2013
Cowboy Chicken-Wood Fire Rotisserie, a seven-unit Dallas-based fast casual brand, has named Kathy Davidson as its new director of Franchise Development to…
read nowDine Out For No Kid Hungry registration now open
April 16, 2013
More than 16 million children in America struggle with hunger, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, and this September, thousands of…
read nowCapriotti's Sandwich Shop expands in home state
April 16, 2013
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has opened its 19th Delaware restaurant in Newark, at Harmony Plaza. The new location is 12 miles from the original shop in…
read nowBoston restaurants temporarily closed after Marathon bombings
April 16, 2013
The typically bustling Boylston Street in Boston is filled with restaurants and shops, both national and local. Today, most of those businesses remain closed…
read nowNPD Group launches monthly foodservice sales tracking service
April 16, 2013
NPD Group announced it will launch SupplyTrack this summer. The new service will track foodservice distributors and manufacturers' market performance by…
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Fast casuals looking to QSRs to improve to-go options
By Emily Tod, Insights Project Coordinator at FoodIQ
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Don't let hackers scare off your customers
by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies
When you think about electronic security, what comes to mind? Do you consider how vulnerable your customer credit cards are, or how easily someone can break…
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