TouchBistro partners with WePay to launch pay-at-the-table app

March 8, 2018

TouchBistro, a provider of iPad POS software and WePay, a Chase company, are teaming up to deliver TouchBistro Payments — an instant payment processing and…

Study: Restaurants can find new customers via workplace catering

March 7, 2018

After a tumultuous year, employers are refocusing efforts around creating a safe and happy work environment for their teams. One way to do that is by providing…

Top 5 reasons you'll suffer from FOMO if you don't join us at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Why suffer the "fear of missing out" when you can join us in Louisville for one of the industry's most inspirational events of the year?

4 ways to make Gen Z love your brand

When it comes to the 22 and under age group, marketers have their work cut out for them. This group of individuals born after 1996, referred to as Gen Z…

Raw Juce taps Outmatch to boost hiring, retention

March 6, 2018

Florida-based Raw Juce has tapped OutMatch to provide the company with pre-hire assessment solutions in hopes of helping it put the right team in place to…

Farmer Boys names chief people officer

March 6, 2018

Farmer Boys has hired restaurant industry veteran Tammy Johns to serve as VP and chief people officer, according to a company press release. Johns brings with…

Cauldron opening in San Diego

March 6, 2018

Cauldron Ice Cream, an Orange County-based shop known for its made-to-order nitrogen ice cream, will open its first San Diego store in April. The shop, 464…

Kitchen United attracts heavy-hitters to leadership team

March 6, 2018

Kitchen United — an on-demand startup spun out of the holding company behind Cali Group's Miso Robotics and the first application of facial recognition tech…

Pei Wei to Panda Express: 'Our orange chicken is wei better'

March 6, 2018

In an effort to compete with Panda Express, Pei Wei has launched its Wei Better Orange Chicken made-to-order with fresh, house-cut and battered crispy tempura…

Giada De Laurentiis' latest restaurant mixes fine dining fare with fast casual flair

March 6, 2018

Pronto by Giada, which is chef, author and television personality Giada De Laurentiis’s first fast casual concept, is now open at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The…

Spring beverage trends going back to the basics

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Embracing spring's trendiest flavors via beverages is one easy way for restaurants to boost check spend. Those trends are a return to historical, more familiar…

Noodles & Co expands employee benefits, adds chief brand ambassador

March 2, 2018

Noodles & Company has upgraded its employee benefits package to include six weeks of fully paid maternity leave, $10,000 in adoption assistance, expanded…

Blaze opens north LA county store

March 2, 2018

A Northeastern Los Angeles County community, Glendora, is home to the latest Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza.It opened March 1 on South Lone Hill Avenue, a news…

Canada-based Hopscotch adds 3rd unit

March 2, 2018

Ontario-based Hopscotch has opened its third location at 224 Queen St., West in Toronto,  donating all opening proceeds to Toronto Foundation for Student…

Ono Hawaiian BBQ opens 69th location

March 2, 2018

Ono Hawaiian BBQ opened its 69th location today in Inglewood, California, located in Los Angeles County.  "Los Angeles County has always been a very strong…

Chipotle shutters 'better-burger' brand

March 1, 2018

Chipotle is closing its "better-burger" brand, Tasty Made, two years after opening it in Lancaster, Ohio, according to Business Insider.

Technomic: US Restaurant industry to see 'healthy growth' over next 5 years

March 1, 2018

A supplier-focused report released today by Technomic anticipated that the U.S. restaurant industry will grow over the next five years at a "healthy" rate, a…

'Bo knows' Pork & Mindy's

March 1, 2018

Bo Jackson knows Pork & Mindy's. Jackson, known as one of the world's greatest athletes and also star of a Nike ad campaign in the late '80s and early '90s…

Ichor Restaurant Group CEO: 'Technology touches all aspects of our business'

Jeff Bradbury- Hughes interview with Brian Bailey- Ichor

Habit Burger reports mixed Q4 financial results

March 1, 2018

The Habit Restaurants announced this week that its 4Q revenue increased 15.2 percent to $85.1 million compared to $73.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2016.