Lessons from #MeToo: Top tips to avoid harassment in the fast casual workplace

An employment lawyer offers five steps for preventing and handling sexual harassment situations in the workplace.

What millennials want from restaurants

Cayan found that millennials are eating out more and are looking for secure payment methods that are easily accessible and reliable.

Location, location, location: What makes a good one?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Finding the best location for a restaurant is a matter of knowing about the site's people, accessibility, visibility and energy, according to Subway…

ADUSA, Inc. to debut Qi Digital Engagement at 2018 Restaurant Show

Qi Software on Kiosk Hardware from Top Manufacturers on Display in ADUSA Booth.

Report: Brick-and-mortar locations still very important, desktop sites too

April 25, 2018

New research from mobile marketing and customer engagement company, Tune, shows that at least in the U.K., brick-and-mortar restaurants and other retail…

Mama Fu's acquires Austin's Pizza to enhance both brands' efficiencies

April 17, 2018

Pizza or Chinese is no longer the question in Austin, Texas, where two brands are joining forces to offer customers some of both. According to the…

KFC Ad Director on turning Col. Sanders into brand's 'James Bond'

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

In 2015, deep in a tunnel beneath the "lions and tigers and bears" of the Louisville Zoo where KFC stored its corporate archives, the chicken chain's ad agency…

Captain D's signs 4-unit Texas deal

March 29, 2018

Captain D's has signed two franchise development agreements for four stores in Texas, a news release said.

The Halal Guys heat up weekend for rewards members

March 9, 2018

The Halal Guys is firing up this weekend for its rewards members, who will get free servings of the brand’s spicy hummus as part of the last three days of this…

Blaze 'brings it on home' for CEO Mizes in the Gateway City

March 8, 2018

In a real-life version of "hometown boy makes good," Blaze Pizza President and CEO Jim Mizes is getting his wish this Friday, March 9, when the fast-growing…

&Pizza circles Pi Day to 'put a ring on it'

January 31, 2018

That day every year when the pizza industry hijacks a celebration of the mathematics behind the circumference of a circle — i.e., Pi Day — this year brings a…

Fatburger opening in Scotland

January 19, 2018

Fatburger and  Buffalo's Express are opening three co-branded units across Scotland in the next five years, the first of which is planned for Dundee, according…

Turkish-American sisters now franchising Flatbread Grill

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Turkish-American Sisters — Arzu, Fusun, and Gonca Esendemir — are now franchising their fast casual concept —  Flatbread Grill.

Halal Guys gives customers 5 LTOs in 10 weeks

January 12, 2018

The Halal Guys is getting the new year going with five LTOs, each a new concoction that will be available for two weeks at locations nationally, a news release…

Rush Bowls to open 6 in Tempe, Denver

January 12, 2018

Rush Bowls has signed a multi-unit franchise development deal for three restaurants in greater Tempe, Arizona, and an additional three locations in Denver…

Chicken Salad Chick does 10 giveaways on 10th anniversary

January 12, 2018

Chicken Salad Chick is 10 years in the fast casual game this month and is celebrating with an amped-up annual Guest Appreciation Day, a news release said. 

Restaurateurs will see 'immense operational changes' in 2018

January 12, 2018

Operations platform, Fourth, sees what it calls "immense operational changes" happening across the restaurant industry as tech of all kinds is deployed…

Blaze makes leadership changes

January 10, 2018

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced the addition of four key members to its leadership team in support of the company's goal to exceed $1 billion in…

Russo's launches "on-the-go" brand

January 5, 2018

Russo's New York Pizzeria has launched a pizza and pasta-focused concept — Next Generation Pizza & Italian. Founder and CEO Anthony Russo said he designed…

Your Pie makes a 'date' with sweet and salty

January 4, 2018

Your Pie is putting the sweet and salty flavors of dates and bacon front and center. A news release said that now through the end of February, diners may order…