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UK chopped salad start-up launches with ambitious expansion plans

Choppaluna hasn't even opened but already has 12 franchise agreements in place with 60 more expected to close soon

Pie Five brings on operations VP in hopes of driving growth

August 28, 2019

Pie Five Pizza Co., a unit of Dallas-based Rave Restaurant Group, has tapped Scott Black as its vice president of operations. He began his career as general…

Farmer Boys names bacon intern

August 28, 2019

Farmer Boys, a fast casual concept specializing in burgers, has selected Southern California-based high school teacher, Mona Godfrey, as its first bacon intern.

Velvet Taco promotes president to CEO

August 26, 2019

Velvet Taco, a fast casual taco concept created by Dallas-based Front Burner Restaurants, has promoted its president, Clay Dover, to CEO.

Quizno's, Taco Del Mar CEO on going 'shopping' in the QSR brand supermarket

As president and CEO of Rego Restaurant Group, Tim Casey is in the QSR alchemist's dream seat, tasked as he is with turning around wayward QSRs, while also…

Whole30 launches delivery-only restaurant with Grubhub, Lettuce Entertain You

August 22, 2019

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a multi-concept restaurant group that owns Wow Bao, has partnered with Grubhub to launch Whole30 Delivered. The…

Fiesta Restaurant Group names CFO

August 22, 2019

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc., parent company of the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana fast casual brands, has named Dirk Montgomery as CFO, effective Sept. 9. 

Can Kelly Roddy breathe new life into Saladworks?

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Saladworks has faced its share of challenges over the last few years including a decline in sales, which was one reason it filed for bankruptcy protection in…

Chipotle paying out cash bonuses

August 14, 2019

Chipotle is paying out $700,000 in cash bonuses to roughly 2,600 employees across 135 restaurants, according to a company spokesperson. If restaurant teams…

Boloco CEO to Chipotle: 'Why not use the bonus money to raise minimum wage?'

John Pepper, CEO, Boloco, describes why Chipotle should use the money it's paying out in cash bonuses to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for employees…

Why Corner Bakery CMO upgraded supply chain, launched brand refresh

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

CMO Donna Spangler-Josephson brings a lot to the table at Corner Bakery, including an "operator's point of view," which she honed during her first gig in the…

Roy Rogers pulls the 'Trigger' on QSR's new life

In this podcast, Roy Roger CEO Jim Plamondon tells host and QSRweb Editor Shelly Whitehead "People treat us differently" than most QSRs. In this one-on-one…

Compeat launches automated vendor payment, virtual card system for restaurants

August 9, 2019

Fiesta CEO looks for silver lining in dreary Q2 earnings

August 8, 2019

The financial news for Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. hasn't been great this week.  

Omnivore, Ordermark partner to bring 'every delivery service to restaurants in any zip code'

August 7, 2019

Ordermark is partnering with Omnivore to integrate its delivery services with Omnivore's connected point-of-sale systems, allowing 85% of North America venues…

Toast acquires HR/payroll software provider

July 24, 2019

Toast Inc., a restaurant management platform, has acquired StratEx, a provider of HR and payroll software for restaurants, according to a press release.

Pancheros taking deep dive into CX data

July 24, 2019

Pancheros Mexican Grill is hoping its customer experience management platform created by Service Management Group will drive customer loyalty and growth.

Eatsa rebrands as Brightloom, will leverage Starbucks digital software to create platform for restaurants

July 22, 2019

Eatsa, a provider of self-service technology for restaurants, has rebranded itself as Brightloom and announced plans to offer an end-to-end, cloud-based…

Little Greek, Moe's, The Habit add to leadership teams

July 22, 2019

Little Greek Fresh Grill, The Habit Burger and Moe's Southwest Grill this week announced a few changes to their respective leadership teams.