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FastCasual.com's Top 10 stories of September 2014

See what was trending on Fast Casual for September. "2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers" was the most popular download and "'Failure is not an option' in CEO's cancer battle" was the month's most-read article.

October 1, 2014

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See what was trending on Fast Casual for September. "2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers" was the most popular download and "'Failure is not an option' in CEO's cancer battle" was the month's most-read article. Read on for the complete Top 10 lists.

Top 10 White Papers
  1. 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers
  2. Webinar - Competing with the Refrigerator: Understanding the Millennial Decline in Dining Out
  3. Best-Kept Secrets: The 5 Things That Really Keep Customers Coming Back
  4. Infographic: Digital Signage: Drive-thru Technology for the Next Generation
  5. Infographic: The Millennial Workforce
  6. 2013 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers
  7. Infographic: Think Mobile First
  8. Socialize Your Customer Experience in 3 Steps
  9. Live Webinar: Text Analytics 101: Watch Your Language
  10. Webinar: Tricky I-9 Trends To Look Out For in 2015
Top 10 Articles
  1. 'Failure is not an option' in CEO's cancer battle
  2. Experts share insights on millennial dining-out decisions
  3. Boston Market taps employees to focus on guest experience
  4. New Wild Wing Cafe CEO has deep roots in fast casual, QSR
  5. Doing well by doing good
  6. Panera ready for Apple Pay
  7. E-2 visa leads UK entrepreneur to California dream
  8. Panasonic bets on growth of drive-thru digital menu boards
  9. Apple Pay explodes onto the scene
  10. A thing for wings
Top 10 News
  1. Blaze Pizza adds nine franchise groups
  2. Blaze Pizza announces a handful of new locations
  3. BRIX Holdings acquires salad chains
  4. Bowl of Heaven signs 30-unit deal for SoCal, Vegas
  5. Buffalo Wild Wings kicks off fantasy football season with Pepsi draft party kit, sweepstakes
  6. Chicken Salad Chick releases additional markets for development
  7. Blaze Pizza fires off more franchise agreements
  8. Chipotle workers protest working conditions with shut down
  9. Boloco will offer free burritos throughout September
  10. Bowl of Heaven signs multiunit Orange County deal
Top 10 Topic Centers
  1. Top 100
  2. Trends / Statistics
  3. Food & Beverage
  4. Franchising & Growth
  5. Restaurant Design / Layout
  6. Marketing / Branding / Promotion
  7. Health & Nutrition
  8. Systems / Technology
  9. Customer Service / Experience
  10. Staffing & Training
Top 10 Showcases
  1. Swipely
  2. Nextep Systems
  3. Vendor Safe Technologies
  4. LG Electronics USA, Inc.
  5. Avanti Commerce
  6. FiveStars Loyalty
  7. Leapfrog POS
  8. CE Labs
  9. Kingston Fresh
  10. Compass Point of Sale
Top 10 Products
  1. Self Order Kiosks
  2. Digital Menu Boards
  3. Punchh Social Loyalty Platform
  4. Restaurant Sales Builder
  5. The Kingston Fryer
  6. Drive Thru Kiosks
  7. mynextep
  8. Food Cost Management
  9. Free Menu Board Media Player Promotion
  10. Loyalty Automation Platform
Top 10 Blogs
  1. Wait time zero: The need for speed
  2. Five steps to creating a successful catering platform
  3. Online ordering provides the holy grail of customer-level data
  4. Three ways restaurants can be smarter with local schools
  5. Top food industry trends for 2014
  6. Consumers say one thing, do another when it comes to healthy choices
  7. A confluence of factors pushing digital signage into the mainstream [infographic]
  8. Is grass-fed milk better for you than organic milk?
  9. Allergen awareness: Why American brands should be watching the EU
  10. 5 ways to grow your off-premise catering sales
Top 10 Videos
  1. iPhone mobile payment option opens up opportunity for marketers
  2. What's ahead for Wingstop? Mobile payment
  3. What did you miss at #CONNECTsummit14? Check out the highlights
  4. #CONNECTsummit14: Consumers waiting for marketers to catch up
  5. Make Your Restaurant Thrive
  6. How PeopleMatter allows Boloco to go paperless
  7. Maui Wowi CEO: Sky's the limit for brand's growth
  8. Fast Casual Top 100: Smashburger acceptance speech
  9. McAlister's CEO: We don't spend much on marketing because of our catering program
  10. Tech companies help operators go from 'reactive to proactive'

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