Empathica launches social media component for CEM solution

March 26, 2013

Empathica Inc., a provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions to multi-unit restaurants, has added third-party feedback and enhanced text…

How to get your restaurant to come up on a Google search

Google now factors in the number of Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and other social media chatter about your website, so it's a good idea to be active on at…

NCR adds mobile payment component to POS software

March 25, 2013

NCR Corporation announced the launch of NCR Aloha Mobile, an extension of the NCR Aloha Table Service point-of-sale (POS) software.

Roqbot announces new partnerships, changes name to Rockbot

March 22, 2013

After raising $1.2 million from Google Ventures and Detroit Venture Partners to expand its customized music app for businesses, Roqbot this week announced…

Heartland, LevelUp partnering to take mobile payments mainstream

March 21, 2013

Mobile payments are going mainstream this year if Heartland Payment Systems and LevelUp have anything to say about it. Heartland, one of the nation's largest…

FastCasual.com hosting webinar on mobile payment security

March 19, 2013

With a push toward mobility, restaurant owners are capitalizing on wireless technology to provide customers with new loyalty and couponing programs. Creating a…

FREEBIRDS giving bracket winners the bird

March 15, 2013

While most chains are running promotions to reward the fans with winning brackets in the NCAA Tournament, FREEBIRDS World Burritos is giving the bird to…

Rita's Italian Ice introduces mobile loyalty app

March 13, 2013

In celebration of its 21st Annual First Day of Spring Free Ice Giveaway, set for March 20, Rita's Italian Ice has unveiled a new mobile loyalty application…

Zoës Kitchen launches mobile app

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

In less then a week, the app already has 15,000 downloads.

Yogurtland's new app delivers 'Flavor Quest' promotion to smartphones

March 5, 2013

Have you ever wondered what Maqui Berry tasted like but can’t afford a trip to Patagonia? Or, maybe you'd like to try authentic Polynesian vanilla; Yogurtland…

Smartphones: The secret ingredient

Branded mobile apps provide a direct link to the loyal customer, which in turn enriches the brand-consumer relationship and provides new and powerful…

OpenTable introduces app for Facebook sharing

March 1, 2013

OpenTable has launched a new Facebook app, "Places I've Eaten." The new app makes it easy for people to share their dining history, favorite restaurants and…

Burger joint serving alligators and pythons and beavers: 'Oh my!'

March 1, 2013

Bull City Burger and Brewery brewpub, a fast casual concept based in North Carolina, is celebrating its second annual Exotic Meat Month. Going by the …

Schlotzsky's shatters company record with 170-unit franchise deal

February 27, 2013

Schlotzsky's has signed its largest franchise agreement in more than 40 years; the partnership calls for 170 Schlotzsky's locations throughout California…

Buffalo Wild Wings launches NCAA ad, mobile campaign

February 27, 2013

Buffalo Wild Wings is launching a new ad campaign, mobile and online game and a partnership with NCAA, in its quest to become "The Official Hangout of NCAA…

NoshList launches mobile waitlist apps

February 27, 2013

Firespotter Labs has announced that its waitlist app for iPad, NoshList, has launched for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android platforms. The NoshList app is free…

Integrated mobile wallet allows customers to pay at the table

February 25, 2013

Paydiant, a provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet and offer-redemption platform, today announced that Menusoft has integrated the Paydiant mobile wallet…

Front Flip upgrades app, expands to six more cities

February 25, 2013

Loyalty marketing company Front Flip is offering restaurants and retail shops across the country an upgraded mobile app and a more sophisticated customer…

New app puts restaurant customers in control of music

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Roqbot allows customers to select the music played while they eat.

Will mobile tech be the death of cash registers?

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Fast Casual Senior Editor Cherryh Butler spoke to a number of companies providing tablet solutions that predict they'll eventually replace cash registers.