Operations News
Restaurant owners form lobby group to fight for minimum wage increases
April 17, 2013
A week after the National Restaurant Association announced that it would use lobbyists to represent some of the country’s largest chain restaurant corporations…
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Carville, Matalin to discuss gov't issues facing restaurateurs at Fast Casual Exec Summit
April 16, 2013
James Carville and Mary Matalin, Washington D.C.’s most high-profile political couple, will bring a fiery conversation about how Washington is affecting the…
read nowHMSHost opens new fast casuals, QSRs at Dallas airport
April 16, 2013
Dining options at Dallas Love have been upgraded, thanks to a partnership between HMSHost and Java Star Incorporated. They have opened La Madeleine Country…
read nowCowboy Chicken adds franchise development director
April 16, 2013
Cowboy Chicken-Wood Fire Rotisserie, a seven-unit Dallas-based fast casual brand, has named Kathy Davidson as its new director of Franchise Development to…
read nowDine Out For No Kid Hungry registration now open
April 16, 2013
More than 16 million children in America struggle with hunger, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, and this September, thousands of…
read nowCapriotti's Sandwich Shop expands in home state
April 16, 2013
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has opened its 19th Delaware restaurant in Newark, at Harmony Plaza. The new location is 12 miles from the original shop in…
read nowBoston restaurants temporarily closed after Marathon bombings
April 16, 2013
The typically bustling Boylston Street in Boston is filled with restaurants and shops, both national and local. Today, most of those businesses remain closed…
read nowNPD Group launches monthly foodservice sales tracking service
April 16, 2013
NPD Group announced it will launch SupplyTrack this summer. The new service will track foodservice distributors and manufacturers' market performance by…
read nowA&W throws hat into better burger, fast casual ring
April 15, 2013
For a brand that's been around about 94 years, A&W has made many big changes just within the past year and a half since divesting from Yum! Brands.
read nowRestaurant industry groups support renewable fuel standard reform
April 11, 2013
Four Congressmen introduced the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act this week, bipartisan legislation aimed at reducing food costs by eliminating the…
read nowLeaf 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…
read nowFirehouse Subs: 'A franchise on fire'
April 10, 2013
Firehouse Subs surpassed company goals and industry averages last year, resulting in a record-breaking 2012, according to a company press release. The brand…
read nowRevention adds dual pay rate feature for delivery drivers
April 10, 2013
Revention's new dual driver pay rate feature provides the ability to monitor and review delivery drivers' hours worked in-store versus hours worked on the road…
read nowAdult-only restaurant visits up for the first time in four years
April 9, 2013
According to new research from The NPD Group, adult-only restaurant visits increased by 1 percent in 2012, the first time in four years this category grew.
read nowMeatheads hires first director of operations
April 9, 2013
Meatheads has hired Jason Harbison as director of operations, according to a company press release. Harbison has more than 25 years experience in operations in…
read nowDisney fast casual honored for uniforms
April 8, 2013
A fast casual restaurant at Disney World has taken top honors from The North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors (NAUMD) for its…
read nowStarbucks names new global chief strategy officer
April 8, 2013
Starbucks Coffee Company has appointed Matthew Ryan as its global chief strategy officer. Ryan was previously senior vice president of global brand, franchise…
read nowU-Swirl co-brands with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
April 5, 2013
U-Swirl Inc., parent company of U-SWIRL Frozen Yogurt cafes, announced that the first U-Swirl and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory co-branded location is open…
read nowSinglePlatform 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…
read nowNewk's Eatery welcomes new marketing VP
April 5, 2013
Newk's Eatery has named Alan Wright as vice president of marketing, according to a company press release. Wright has 30 years of franchising, marketing and…
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