Johnny Rockets selects B2B advertising AOR

April 26, 2013

Johnny Rockets announced that it has chosen Los Angeles-based Silvercrest Advertising as its business-to-business (B2B) advertising agency-of-record.

Smoothie King seeks inspiring stories from the 40-plus crowd

April 24, 2013

Smoothie King Franchises Inc. will continue its 40th anniversary celebration with the launch of its 40 Years Strong campaign and 40 over 40 contest.

Bruegger's Bagels marks 30th anniversary with giveaway

April 23, 2013

Bruegger's Bagels is celebrating its 30th anniversary with Three Free Bagel Day as a way to thank its loyal guests and as a fundraiser for Children's Miracle…

Snapfinger app adds more mobile options for restaurants

April 23, 2013

The mobile commerce platform Snapfinger announced the launch of its on-premise, self-checkout and mobile payment application that the company said enables…

5 ways to turn customer complaints into incremental sales

Complaints can represent an opportunity for QSRs and fast casuals to bake social media deeper into the fabric of their organization and become more nimble.

NetWaiter adds two features to online ordering system

April 18, 2013

NetWaiter, a provider of online and mobile restaurant ordering systems, has introduced two new features to its service.

Food ordering service begins accepting Bitcoin payments

April 17, 2013

Foodler, an online food ordering service, has started accepting Bitcoins to pay for delivery and takeout orders. The company claims it is the first service to…

Study: Restaurants the most searched industry on mobile devices

April 17, 2013

FCES 2013: Advancing Ideas for the Fast Casual Industry

This unique gathering, now in it's 8th year will bring together a select group of C-level executives, VPs, and Directors from the fast casual segment for two…

Genghis Grill grows revenue by collecting customer feedback via mobile

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The chain used a solution from Improving Restaurants to attract repeat customers.

Leaf launches POS tablet for limited-service restaurants

April 11, 2013

Limited-service restaurants now have a mobile point of sale unit designed specifically for them. Leaf, a provider of POS systems, business intelligence and…

Starbucks' 'Pick of the Week' going mobile

April 9, 2013

Starbucks customers have grown accustomed to getting free iTunes songs each week via printed "Pick of the Week" iTunes cards, but they can now get their free…

Research shows restaurants dominate social media conversations

April 8, 2013

New PQ Media/uberVU Research shows that social network ad spending grew 42.1 percent in 2012, to $7.94 billion. Beverage and technology brands dominated global…

May symposium will address omnichannel customer engagement technologies

April 7, 2013

The Digital Screenmedia Association will host a symposium to help business executives across foodservice, banking, retail and other industries better…

SinglePlatform adds Yelp as menu publisher

April 5, 2013

SinglePlatform, a division of Constant Contact Inc., has added Yelp as a menu publisher in SinglePlatform's publishing partner network. Additionally, in the…

Millennials: Now Seating 80,000,000

Millennials make up nearly 25% of the U.S. population and represent direct spending power estimated at $200 billion annually. If brand marketers want to…

Free webinar gives tips on mobile payment security

April 3, 2013

Business owners are capitalizing on wireless technology to provide customers with new loyalty, payment and couponing programs. However, creating a mobile…

MOOYAH fans to create new burger

March 28, 2013

MOOYAH is calling on its guests and social media fans to create the brand's next featured burger. Through April 17, fans may visit the Facebook page and create…

Burger joint hosting 'hands-on' contest

March 27, 2013

Bull City Burger and Brewery's marketing team has launched its latest over-the-top promo. From the same minds who developed a logo tattoo program that gets the…

FishNet Security, former AMC CEOs named to Front Flip board

March 27, 2013

Loyalty marketing company Front Flip has named Peter Brown and Gary Fish, two business leaders from the entertainment and technology industries, to its board…