A 4-step plan to boost holiday catering sales

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Brands striving to increase catering sales this holiday season should ask and answer four questions.

Pieology opens 4th Michigan restaurant

November 30, 2016

Pieology has opened its fourth Michigan location, this one in West Bloomfield Township. This is the second unit owned and operated by 221 Holdings, which…

bd's benefits service members' families through Veterans Day campaign

November 29, 2016

Bd's Mongolian Grill's Veterans Day fundraiser during the first part of this month, raised $24,543 for the Folds of Honor Foundation, which supports spouses…

Villa taps Lauren Liuzzi for digital marketing position

November 29, 2016

Lauren Liuzzi will be Villa Restaurant Group's new communications and digitial marketing strategy manager, according to a press release.  

Brandmuscle publishes 3rd edition of 'The State of Local Marketing Report'

November 29, 2016

The third edition of The State of Local Marketing Report published several surprising findings and gave a blueprint for success to national and global brands…

Freebirds offering holiday catering

November 29, 2016

Freebirds World Burrito is offering holiday catering packages for small and large party events.

Grabbagreen launching Dallas location

November 29, 2016

Grabbagreen has opened its latest Dallas, Texas location, this one at the Gaston Medical Office Building.

Barberitos rolls out mobile app

November 29, 2016

Barberitos Southwestern Grille & Cantina has launched its mobile app.

Technomic downgrades restaurant growth projections

November 29, 2016

The company said its May results released for the two-year period were overly optimistic and that declining traffic across food service has prompted the…

Are you hiring bad bosses?

In a recent MomentSnap survey of 2,000, 70 percent of people who identified as frontline hourly workers said that they were at least partially dissatisfied…

Giardino Gourmet Salads applies for trademark

November 29, 2016

Giardino Gourmet Salads is registering the phrase, "Nutritional Empowerment," as a trademark. The chain has been prominently displaying it in all of its…

1000 Degree Neapolitan Pizza heats up CO

November 28, 2016

Denver will soon be warmed by 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza's newest location, coming Dec. 1, according to a press release. The locations is the brand's first…

Tacocue americano eats opens first location

November 28, 2016

Legendary Q Brands CEO and President Jeff Jackson fused barbecue with Mexican cuisine to create his newest restaurant concept, tacocue americano eatery…

Verts opens first East Coast location

November 28, 2016

Verts Mediterranean Grill capped off the last five years of growth by opening its first East Coast location in Boston. Since 2011 the chain has opened 34 units…

Fast Casual Summit: 5 lessons learned from m-commerce innovators

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

Why restaurants must "adapt to mobile commerce or die."

Last-minute federal injunction halts OT rules

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

Less than a week before the overtime regulations were to kick in, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the rule that would have made an estimated 4 million…

3 steps to choose the right technology

We all know that the amount of investment capital flowing into the food tech space has led to a virtual saturation of new restaurant technology in everything…

Bridg releases enhanced CRM

November 22, 2016

Bridg announced a new customer relationship management solution, which combines disparate customer data silos, according to a release. Bridg Enhanced CRM…

Is it time for restaurateurs to really talk turkey?

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

Thanksgiving, when you think about it, is the celebration of eating out with friends. Why then, doesn't the restaurant industry claim it and give restaurateurs…

Study predicts 5-year restaurant industry growth, but also new competition

November 22, 2016

There is some fairly positive news this Thanksgiving week in the latest IBIS report on the chain restaurant industry nationally. The study indicated that chain…