5 ways to get your customers to download your app

by Andrew Gazdecki — Owner, 1988

Just having an app is not enough to get people to download and use it. You will actively have to work at increasing downloads and keeping your app top of mind.

Blaze brings creativity to Warped Tour sponsorship

June 13, 2017

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is sponsoring this year's 41-stop traveling music festival, the 2017 Vans Warped Tour, a news release said. The brand has figured out…

Denver welcoming fast casual sushi concept

June 12, 2017

Motomaki, a fast casual sushi restaurant that serves customizable "burrito-style" sushi rolls and make-your-own rice bowls, is opening in the fall at Denver…

Infographic: How online reviews can make or break your brand

Research quantifies the impact online customer reviews have on business performance. The reviews play a bigger role in the selection of restaurants than…

Tropical Smoothie Cafe opening 600th unit

June 9, 2017

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is opening its 600th location June 23. The unit, located in Joplin, Missouri, marks a landmark achievement for the brand in the midst of…

Togo's waiving franchisee fees for vets

June 9, 2017

Togo’s is waiving franchisees fees for two military veterans in hopes of helping them succeed just as Franchisee and Vietnam Veteran Tony Hardin has with the…

Atomic Wings reopening NYC unit

June 9, 2017

Atomic Wings today is reopening on 1st Avenue in New York City. The East Village store has been redesigned to be bolder and better than the original, according…

NetWaiter adds Google Connect

June 9, 2017

Restaurants can share their menus, hours, delivery details and other information thanks to the new Google Connect feature through NetWaiter that allows menus…

'Order in': Grubhub acquires Foodler

June 9, 2017

Grubhub said today it is acquiring one of North America's biggest independent online food-ordering services, Foodler, in an all-cash transaction, a news…

Improve the Guest Experience with Guest Paging

Businesses understand the importance of communicating with guests. Increase operation efficiency and enhance the guest experience with guest paging systems…

Grow your business with Table Tracker

Table Tracker is a table location system that identifies where guests are sitting so you can deliver food faster, create a better guest experience and…

Using tech to protect your brand from violating child labor laws

by David Cantu — VP Business Development, HotSchedules

When it comes to managing minors, the risk of being out of compliance with labor laws are more substantial than other industries.

Fast casual Indian brand opening in Denver

June 7, 2017

Saucy Bombay, a fast casual Indian concept created by husband-and-wife Marshall Miranda and Rohini Saksena, opens Thursday at 2600 E. Colfax Ave., in…

Police close Pennsylvania Chipotle after drug bust

June 7, 2017

A Chiptole in Pennsylvania was closed today after Radnor Township police suspected marijuana dealing at the restaurant on the 300 block of Lancaster Avenue in…

Infographic: 10 tips to keep your kitchen up to code

Follow these 10 steps to keep your kitchen safe.

3 reasons why virtual reality is the future of training

What if employees were given the opportunity to immerse themselves in situations and practice responding to them? With virtual reality, this is what the future…

Economic uncertainty and third-party delivery impact UK, US restaurants

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Globalization has created opportunity for American brands in the U.K., where restaurants face many of the same challenges and opportunities as the U.S.

Last call: Nominations closing soon for FastCasual's Perfect Pitch contest

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Entries are being accepted through June 9.

America's tastes today? Cauliflower on pizza; radishes as raw meat

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

With rapid-fire delivery and an upbeat attitude, menu analyst and Kruse Co. owner, Nancy Kruse, last week told a standing room only crowd at the National…

Wahlburgers makes Manhattan debut

June 7, 2017

Wahlburgers is now open in Manhattan on the Upper East Side at 1633 Second Ave.