Social media report: What consumers are saying about restaurants

by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance

Foodservice Social Media Universe keynote speaker Jason Falls highlights who's winning and losing the social media conversation.

Perka integrates social media into customer loyalty platform

September 21, 2012

Perka has added new social media promotion features to its mobile marketing and loyalty platform. The objective is to make it easier for merchants to engage…

Groupon launches service to keep credit card transactions low

September 20, 2012

Groupon has announced the launch of Groupon Payments, a payments service backed by a guarantee to be the lowest cost option for a company’s merchants to accept…

Digital: It's where it's at

 Every year at the Wall Street Journal’s “All Things Digital” Conference, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ Mary Meeker presents her compelling “Internet…

Electronic Loyalty Program Boosts Sales

A Dallas sub shop is allowing customers the opportunity to participate in a new loyalty program that tracks purchases and redeems rewards using their own…

Record number of restaurants join No Kid Hungry campaign

September 12, 2012

Share Our Strength's Dine Out for No Kid Hungry, a week-long fundraiser to help end childhood hunger in the U.S., will be held at participating restaurants…

Top social media impressions include Starbucks, Burger King, McDonald's

September 6, 2012

PQ Media, a media research and analytics firm, and uberVU, a social marketing platform for real-time end-to-end social media audience measurement, have…

Football season kicks off Buffalo Wild Wings' new marketing campaign

September 5, 2012

Football season has traditionally been Buffalo Wild Wings' busiest time of the year and the chain has kicked off a new integrated advertising campaign as pro…

Commentary: 5 ways to deal with negative online reviews

Negative online reviews don't have to kill a restaurant's reputation.

Customers question Chipotle's 'rounding up' policy

August 29, 2012

Chipotle usually makes headlines for its innovative marketing tactics or dedication to serving sustainable food, but the Star-Ledger called out the fast casual…

Top restaurant execs to meet in San Diego for FCES

August 29, 2012

CEOs and other leaders from the fastest-growing segment of the restaurant industry will gather Oct. 21-23 at San Diego's US Grant Hotel for the seventh annual…

It’s not a chicken-and-egg scenario: quality comes before sales

by Jason Hamilton — VP of Marketing, Snagajob

By assessing applicants for their behavioral preferences, you can find out if an applicant has the energy to work the drive-thru, the customer service for the…

How to fight for more social media resources in your company

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Paradox: In an age of technology advances being gobbled like Pez, marketing and customer service are somehow getting more labor-intensive, not less.

AllergyEats to debut food allergy conference for restaurateurs

August 21, 2012

AllergyEats will host the inaugural "Food Allergy Conference for Restaurateurs: What Every Restaurant Should Know About Food Allergies To Ensure Safety &…

Seattle's Best taps Facebook fans to pick new coffee drink

August 21, 2012

After traveling the country and reviewing hundreds of recipes, Seattle's Best Coffee and TV Chef Jeff Mauro have found the top six new coffee drink ideas in…

Game changers and shapers inspiring product development and innovation – Part 2

by Suzy Badaracco — President, Culinary Tides Inc

Settings in demand during economic recovery include approachable, family friendly dining, vibrant, inspired, authentic and rustic.

MOOYAH rolls out mobile ordering app

August 13, 2012

MOOYAH Burgers Fries Shakes has added a new mobile ordering application to help fuel its aggressive growth plans.

The changing role of corporate consciousness

by Valerie Killifer — Editor, FastCasual.com

How fast casual CEOs are turning an enlightened approach to sales success.

Millennials expected to increase foodservice spending

August 9, 2012

New research from Technomic indicates that the Millennial generation has a positive outlook on the future and are expected to increase spending on foodservice…

Tropical Smoothie Café raises $365,000 for Camp Sunshine

August 8, 2012

Tropical Smoothie Café's National Flip Flop Day event has raised $365,000 for Camp Sunshine. The campaign, which kicked off in May with in-store fundraising at…