Social media Part 2: devices and their virtues

Appreciate the immediate feedback provided by your customers' smartphones.

Growth spurt: Inc. 500 list full of fast casual concepts

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Annual list measures percentage revenue growth of privately held companies.

Web Strategy author to keynote Foodservice Social Media Universe

August 24, 2011

Social technology and interactive media expert Jeremiah Owyang will deliver the opening keynote address for the inaugural Foodservice Social Media Universe…

Making the location-based marketing connection

Restaurants are learning to leverage social media "check-in" services to reach more customers.

ONOSYS launches Facebook online ordering application

August 23, 2011

A restaurant ordering platform via Facebook is now available from Cleveland-based ONOSYS, a provider of mobile and online ordering systems.

MOOYAH adds PXtech business intelligence platform

August 23, 2011

MOOYAH has partnered with PXtech, a Software as a Service specialist based in the United Kingdom, to implement visibility technology as part of its business…

People Report, Black Box Intelligence form foodservice joint venture

August 18, 2011

Black Box Intelligence LLC, Consumer Edge Research LLC, GuestMetrics LLC and People Report have announced the formation of a joint venture that will capture…

Muscle Maker Grill poised for growth

August 18, 2011

Muscle Maker Grill has announced plans to add 16 restaurants to its existing locations by the end of the year. This marks two years in a row of 100-percent…

Panera Bread plans 30-plus unit expansion in Central Ohio

August 18, 2011

The country's largest Panera Bread franchise, Warren, Ohio-based Covelli Enterprises, plans to expand the chain by 30-plus units in the next five years with a…

Development deals spur Capriotti's growth

August 17, 2011

Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop has announced an agreement for six new deals, with the latest addition being in Boston. The new area developments deals include the…

Shane's Rib Shack launches lending program

August 17, 2011

Shane’s Rib Shack, a Petrus Brands concept, has brought in former Church’s CFO Carl Jakatis to architect a new financing program to fund franchisees in their…

Moe's, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation form charitable partnership

August 17, 2011

Moe’s Southwest Grill has announced a major fundraising campaign through the restaurant chain’s national charitable partnership with the Juvenile Diabetes…

Top 100: Boston Market No. 63

August 16, 2011

63. Boston Market

Top 100: Obikà Mozzarella Bar No. 62

August 16, 2011

62. Obikà Mozzarella Bar

Top 100: Cheeseburger Bobby's No. 61

August 16, 2011

61. Cheeseburger Bobby’s

Smashburger heads to Louisville

August 16, 2011

Smashburger will open its first Louisville, Ky., location Sept. 7 and has a subsequent location planned to open there in the coming months.

Wingstop expands Freestyle rollout

August 16, 2011

Eleven Wingstop locations in the South Texas Rio Grande Valley will be the latest to receive Coca-Cola's new proprietary fountain dispensing system, the…

Restaurant State of the Industry Report, Part 2 now available

August 16, 2011

The Restaurant State of the Industry Report, Part 2: Business Strategy, developed and published by FastCasual.com, is now available for purchase.

Cosi reports Q2 net loss

August 14, 2011

Cosi Inc. has reported a net loss for the second quarter ended June 27, of $634,000, compared with a net loss of $1.3 million for the 2010 second quarter. The…

Bd's Mongolian Grill signs multi-unit deal for Pennsylvania

August 14, 2011

bd's Mongolian Grill has signed a multi-unit development agreement with Steel City Mongolian Grill to franchise bd's restaurants and continue to expand the…