Buona celebrates end of Cubs' losing streak with free sandwiches

November 3, 2016

There are a lot of very partied-out people in the Windy City today with the Cubs' World Series win. The team beat the Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 after a…

Webinar: 7 essential strategies to recession-proof your restaurant

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

Are you leaving money on the table? Learn how to turn your POS into a money-producing machine for what some analysts believe is a coming restaurant recession.

How Pita Pit combines social, digital platforms to reach customers

Jordy Patano, shown right, digital marketing manager of Pita Pit, dishes on the chain's digital strategy in an interview with Hughes' Tim Tang.

Spreading the love: Chains offering freebies in honor of National Sandwich Day

Fast food chains are offering discounts in honor of National Sandwich Day.

Fast casual industry to hit $67B by 2020

November 2, 2016

The fast casual restaurant market in the U.S. is expected to reach $66.87 billion by 2020, according to the latest study released by Technavio. 

London's Yo! Sushi upgrades POS system

November 2, 2016

YO! Sushi, based in London, has rolled out an upgraded POS system from NCR Corp. in its 91 restaurants across the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Saudi…

Fast Casual Summit: 10 moves to maximize your manpower

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

A one-hour session on optimizing restaurant labor yielded many more hours worth of proven strategies to maximize the efforts of your workforce. This article…

Whataburger launches app that rewards

November 2, 2016

Whataburger has launched a new free mobile app yesterday designed to provide customers added benefits each time they order from the chain, according to a news…

Gather Kitchen opens first location

November 1, 2016

Gather Kitchen, a healthy comfort food concept, plans to open its first location at Thanksgiving Tower in Dallas, Texas, in 2017.

JJ's Red Hots offers unlimited food, drinks to military on special day

November 1, 2016

JJ's Red Hots is serving an unlimited dine-in menu, including hot dogs, sausages, sides and non-alcoholic drinks, this Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Toast POS introduces inventory solution

November 1, 2016

Toast Restaurant POS has released Inventory, a platform that manages inventory and automatically generates a variance report for restaurateurs.

Wingstop is winging into Central and South America

November 1, 2016

Wingstop, Inc. has announced plans for its eighth and ninth international market expansion, this time in Colombia and Panama.

Panda Express prepping for Japan launch

November 1, 2016

Panda Express will go global on Nov. 25 with the opening of its first Japanese store in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki.

Starbucks goes green with community cup

November 1, 2016

Starbucks is rolling out a green cup, featuring the work of artist Shogo Ota, in all U.S. stores, in order to encourage community.

Uncle Maddio's opens 1st units in New York

November 1, 2016

Uncle Maddio's has signed a three-store development agreement with franchisee, Rajesh Parihar, to open the brand's first New York locations in the upstate…

Year-to Year-comparison proves Blaze Pizza ablaze with sales

November 1, 2016

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced year-to-date highlights that include nearly doubling the brand's system-wide sales and restaurant locations when…

Buffalo Wild Wings serving craft beer LTO from Lagunitas Brewing

November 1, 2016

Buffalo Wild Wings is serving a limited-time craft beer flavor brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company. Fandom Ale is a hoppy pale wheat ale available on tap at…

Which Wich founder to keynote annual Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in Dallas

Early bird registration ends Nov. 4

3 lessons restaurants can learn from Amazon's supply chain strategy

by Vishy Visweswaran — Chief Technology Officer, SCA Technologies

Restaurants that want to mirror Amazon's success must first employ the strategic work it applies to its supply chain technology and infrastructure.

Fast Casual Summit helps industry 'brains' exchange experience

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

Been there. Done that. That old saying, indicating a shared experience — often the challenging ones — aptly describes a series of continuing sessions that took…