Jamba Juice signs distribution agreement with Gordon Food Service

November 3, 2014

Jamba Juice Company has entered into a new distribution agreement with foodservice distributor Gordon Food Service. According to a news release from Jamba…

Blaze Pizza marks its debut in Jersey

November 3, 2014

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza will open its first New Jersey restaurant, in Paramus, on Nov. 6. To celebrate, the location will give away free pizzas on Nov. 7 from…

Wild Wing Cafe plans four new units in Tennessee

November 3, 2014

Wild Wing Cafe has signed a multiunit development deal with Dave McFarland, North Carolina-based restaurant owner and operator, who plans to open four new…

Menchie’s plans grand openings in Texas, Washington

November 3, 2014

Menchie’s opened its newest store over the weekend at Alamo Ranch located at 5619 W. Loop 1604 N., San Antonio. To celebrate, the location is hosting giveaways…

Newk’s Eatery plans to expand in Arkansas

November 3, 2014

Newk’s Eatery is expanding from the Southeast into the Lower Midwest with four new restaurants planned for Northwest Arkansas throughout the next couple of…

ToGoTechnologies certifies printer for restaurant mobile ordering solution

November 3, 2014

ToGoTechnologies, a provider of e-commerce solutions, announced it has certified the Epson OmniLink TM-T88V-i smart printer for its mobile and online ordering…

Teavana intros Gift of the Week program for holidays

November 3, 2014

Teavana has launched a new Gift of the Week program, a series of tea gift sets specially priced each week of the holiday season.

Canadian concept not named Tim Hortons or Starbucks plans to be ‘coffee authority’

November 3, 2014

Canadian-based The Second Cup coffee concept has announced a three-year strategic plan that seems to put Starbucks, Tim Hortons and McDonald’s in the…

No traffic, no problem: Starbucks plans to take the coffee to the customer in 2015

October 31, 2014

Consumers are staying away from brick and mortar stores in favor of online shopping, slowing traffic growth in Starbucks' stores. Starbucks is navigating the…

Fast food industry driving global cheese market

October 31, 2014

Research and Markets has released the "Global Cheese Market 2014-2018" report to their line of products.

Forget Apple: Starbucks wants to rule mobile payments

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

October 31, 2014

United States consumers made $1.3 billion in mobile payments in 2013 and the coffee retailer accounted for over 90 percent of those purchases.

Four reasons digital screens are more than menu boards

by Brenda Rick Smith — Editor, Networld Media Group

Engaging digital signage can be a key differentiator in the customer experience by educating guests about menu items, driving craving, reducing perceived wait…

NRA: Restaurant Performance Index showed moderate decline in September

October 31, 2014

Restaurant operators are unimpressed about the direction of the economy.

Top 100: People – Erle Dardick, MonkeyMedia Software

October 31, 2014

Erle Dardick, CEO of MonkeyMedia Software, is number seven on our list of the 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers: People.

Tossed signs University of Miami deal

October 31, 2014

The location should open on campus in Whitten Hall in time for students' return in January 2015.

sweetFrog names new CMO

October 31, 2014

Matt Smith will lead planning, development, implementation and measurement of all sweetFrog marketing strategies, marketing communications, and public…

The impact of employee behaviors and habits on food safety

by Nate Riggs — CEO / Owner, NR Media Group

Kevin Roberts is an expert in food safety research and training and focuses specifically on overcoming employee barriers to food safety implementation in the…

Restaurants beefing up offerings despite rising protein costs

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Operators are so undeterred by rising protein costs that menu mentions of protein across the board have risen 67 percent in the last five years.

Sales up, margins down as Panera continues 2.0 transformation

by Brenda Rick Smith — Editor, Networld Media Group

October 30, 2014

Comps for company stores increased 2.1 percent and 0.7 percent for franchise stores while margins declined 2 percent due to food costs and costs related to…

GRILLiT plans to add adult beverages to menu mix

October 30, 2014

Miami-based Latin-Caribbean fusion concept GRILLiT Inc. announced plans to add beer, wine and a line of margaritas and other wine-based mixed drinks to its…