Ahoy Easley! Captain D's sails into another South Carolina location

November 3, 2016

Captain D's has opened its 30th unit in South Carolina, the latest located at 5806 Calhoun Memorial Highway.

Webinar: 7 essential strategies to recession-proof your restaurant

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

Are you leaving money on the table? Learn how to turn your POS into a money-producing machine for what some analysts believe is a coming restaurant recession.

Fast Casual Summit: 10 moves to maximize your manpower

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

A one-hour session on optimizing restaurant labor yielded many more hours worth of proven strategies to maximize the efforts of your workforce. This article…

Whataburger launches app that rewards

November 2, 2016

Whataburger has launched a new free mobile app yesterday designed to provide customers added benefits each time they order from the chain, according to a news…

Panda Express prepping for Japan launch

November 1, 2016

Panda Express will go global on Nov. 25 with the opening of its first Japanese store in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki.

Uncle Maddio's opens 1st units in New York

November 1, 2016

Uncle Maddio's has signed a three-store development agreement with franchisee, Rajesh Parihar, to open the brand's first New York locations in the upstate…

Year-to Year-comparison proves Blaze Pizza ablaze with sales

November 1, 2016

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced year-to-date highlights that include nearly doubling the brand's system-wide sales and restaurant locations when…

Fast Casual Summit helps industry 'brains' exchange experience

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

Been there. Done that. That old saying, indicating a shared experience — often the challenging ones — aptly describes a series of continuing sessions that took…

Uncle Maddio's moves into Tampa area

October 28, 2016

Uncle Maddio's Pizza is opening the first of five Tampa-area restaurants in the metro area town of Lutz today on Van Dyke Road in the Northgate Square Shopping…

NFL, restaurant veteran opens second Jersey Mike's location

October 27, 2016

Former NFL player Van Jakes has opened his second Jersey Mike's location, this one at 10359 Tara Blvd in Jonesboro, Georgia.

Webinar: Testing digital signage systems for maximum results

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

October 27, 2016

Few restaurateurs have spare cash to risk installing digital signage without taking some time to test the technology in its various forms, locations and uses…

California pizza concept offers 'create-your-own' beer

October 26, 2016

A new pizza brand is setting up shop on the California coast called Blast & Brew. The fast casual Neapolitan pizza restaurant offers artisanal pizzas and…

Omnivore, POSitouch team up on cloud solution

October 25, 2016

Omnivore is collaborating with POSitouch on a new POS cloud-based technology.

Restaurants offer not-so-spooky Halloween specials

by Molly Wike — Intern, Networld Media Group

Restaurants of all kinds are offering Halloween specials for young guests.

Rockfire Grill named winner of 'Perfect Pitch'

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

There may be no better way to recapture the spirit of ingenuity, excitement and entrepreneurship that has brought so many into food service than to attend an…

Former Panera executive assumes Pieology COO role

October 25, 2016

Pieology Pizzeria announced that industry veteran and former Panera Bread executive, Clay Sanger, is joining the company as chief operating officer. The…

Understanding site selection variables for restaurant tenants

When you're looking for the right property for a pizzeria or QSR, having a checklist of desirable criteria can help you stay on track.

To stay or to grow? That was the question at Fast Casual Executive Summit

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

"Should I stay or should I grow?" is one question that many restaurant brands struggle with regarding expansion plans.

Analytics ROI vs. the high cost of ignorance

It's best if restaurateurs approach analytics by first asking themselves what their highest value questions are and then consider the many ways those questions…

Rise Biscuits Donuts expands to Denver

October 20, 2016

Rise Biscuit Donuts has signed a multi-unit franchise deal to expand in Denver, Colorado.