Curry Up Now is open for business on Goldbelly

May 5, 2020

Curry Up Now is expanding its customer reach by launching on GoldBelly, an online restaurant and meal-order site.

Shake Shack beats Q1 estimates, warns on beef prices

May 5, 2020

Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti said that although COVID-19 has rocked the chain, total revenue increased 8% during Q1, which ended March 25. Same-Shack sales…

Juice It Up adds to immunity-boosting lineup

May 5, 2020

To round out its lineup of functional products, Juice It Up has brought back two antioxidant powerhouses, the Superfruit Sunrise Smoothie and the Mighty-C…

As states return to dine-in, slight improvement noted in restaurant sales

May 4, 2020

U.S. restaurant chain transactions showed improvement for the second week in a row in the week ending April 26 with total industry customer transactions down…

Smokey Bones embraces fast casual model via ghost kitchen

May 4, 2020

Smokey Bones has partnered with Kitchen United to open a ghost kitchen Chicago offering delivery-only. Barbecue fans may order through Grubhub, Uber Eats…

Lefty's Famous Cheesesteaks to double footprint by year's end

May 4, 2020

Multi-brand franchisor, Allie T. Mallad, and Detroit-based entrepreneur, Sam Berry, are joining forces to expand Lefty's Famous Cheesesteaks Hoagies &…

Third-party delivery was on the rise pre-pandemic

May 1, 2020

Consumer awareness and use of third-party restaurant food services were on the rise even before the outbreak of COVID-19. to rise, acoording to a study by…

Free webinar to help restaurant operators get up-to-speed in response to COVID-19

April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced QSRs and fast casual restaurants to revamp their operations in response to new consumer buying habits. To help operators adapt…

Sweetgreen going 'outside the bowl'

April 30, 2020

For the first time in 12 years, Sweetgreen has launched a category outside of salads and bowls. Its Plates menu offers consumers access to more healthy…

Gott's opens San Franciso location

April 30, 2020

Gott's Roadside, a Northern California roadside restaurant emphasizing locally sourced ingredients, reopened its San Francisco Ferry Building location…

Toast launches flat fee mobile delivery for restaurants

April 29, 2020

Toast, a Boston-based restaurant management platform, is launching Toast Delivery Services, which offers simple flat-rate mobile food delivery for restaurants…

Boston Market under new management

April 29, 2020

Boston Market has a new owner. 

Pret a Manger reopening select NYC stores

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

April 29, 2020

While many restaurants throughout the United States have opted to stay open for delivery and carry-out during COVID-19, Pret a Manger decided on March 17 to…

Starbucks fiscal Q2 earnings hit by COVID-19

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

April 29, 2020

Starbucks Corp., one of the first global companies to feel the sting of COVID-19, reported a 47% drop in earnings during its fiscal second quarter, yet managed…

Blaze Pizza, Mici launch DIY kits

April 29, 2020

Two U.S. pizza chains said this week that they launched pizza make-at-home kits to meet customers where they are as stay-at-home orders continue for most the…

Restaurant365 launches lending program to help restaurants access capital

April 28, 2020

Restaurant365, an all-in-one restaurant management platform, has created R365 Capital, a program designed to help restaurants quickly access the capital they…

Incentivio partners with ParTech on POS integration

April 28, 2020

Incentivio, an all-in-one restaurant digital guest experience provider, is teaming up with ParTech, Inc., a POS solution, to offer ParTech's cloud-based Brink…

Paytronix secures $10M in additional funding

April 28, 2020

Paytronix Systems Inc. has secured $10 million in funding led by Great Hill Partners and Paytronix Co-Founders Matt d'Arbeloff and Andrew Robbins tocontinue to…

PizzaRev opens 1st Virginia store Friday

April 28, 2020

Los Angeles-based PizzaRev will open its first Virginia store Friday, this one located in Virginia Beach. And though the store will only offer delivery and…

Second fed loan program for small businesses hits snags

April 28, 2020

Computer glitches and slowdowns at the Small Business Administration frustrated small businesses again as lenders trying to submit loan applications through…