Villa Italian Kitchens partners with Monin to offer customizable drinks

July 2, 2015

Villa Italian Kitchen is allowing guests to customize their drinks by letting them add a "Flavor Shot" of Monin Gourmet Flavoring to any fountain beverage…

Webinar to focus on customer traffic, conversion insight

July 2, 2015

Traffic and conversion data can be priceless if a retailer understands how to use it to drive sales, engage with shoppers and boost marketing. An expert will…

Catering workshop intends to help restaurants grow sales

July 2, 2015

The Catering Institute is offering its second Catering Sales Management Workshop.

Most pizza lovers are health-conscious female millennials

July 2, 2015

The study found that 35 percent of Americans go out for pizza and buy frozen pizza at the store every month.

Tech in a box: How Dickey's uses big data to target marketing strategies

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

During "Tablets: When, Where, Why and How" at the ICX Summit in Chicago, Dickey's discussed its custom-developed business intelligence service called Smoke…

NRA: Expansion likely for restaurant industry

July 1, 2015

The restaurant industry outlook is positive and business owners are optimistic about improving sales in the next several months.

Restaurant group wants feds to revamp proposed overtime policy proposal

July 1, 2015

The proposed new federal overtime rules are not sitting well with the National Council of Chain Restaurants.

Rave's Randy Gier named Southwest's Entrepreneur of the Year

July 1, 2015

EY has named Randy Gier its Entrepreneur Of The Year for the Southwest region.

Customer satisfaction drops for QSR, pizza chains, climbs for fast casuals, full service

July 1, 2015

Customers are less satisfied with fast food as their discretionary income improves and preferences shift in favor of quality over price, according to new data…

3 ways to prep for the ban on trans fat

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

Foodservice operators can prepare for the June 6 ban by taking a few necessary steps.

Vote now: Who are fast casual’s most influential people?

July 1, 2015

The editors of Fast Casual are accepting nominations for The 2015 Fast Casual Top 25 Movers & Shakers through Aug. 3.

Picture perfect GMO fruit can reduce food waste

by Darrel Suderman — President CEO, Food Technical Consulting

Applying this new genetic engineering will allow farmers to use more of what they harvest – which should reduce overhead food costs to the average consumer and…

5 reasons to personalize your restaurant website now

More and more big name restaurants and chains are creating one-to-one, unique website experiences for visitors to drive higher user engagement and customer…

ConAgra steps away from $5B private label business effort

June 30, 2015

Packaged food titan ConAgra Foods is stepping away from the private label business to focus on its consumer brands and intends to be much more strident in…

Chef Klime Kovaceski announces opening of CRUST

June 30, 2015

Chef Klime Kovaceski and his wife Anita have recently announced the opening of the CRUST Restaurant, which will serve pizza and modern Mediterranean cuisine.

First Data launches 'all-in-one' payment solution for restaurants

June 30, 2015

First Data Clover Mini is designed to provide business owners an "all-in-one" solution to streamline operations, expand business and customer intelligence…

ICXSummit: How to bring 'social proof' into your brick-and-mortar locations

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

Brick-and-mortar retailers and restaurants must find ways to bring “social proof” to their stores and technology may be the way to do it.

Sysco steps away from US Foods acquisition following federal court injunction

June 29, 2015

Sysco Corp. won't be appealing a federal court ruling against its planned $3.5 billion acquisition of US Foods and will be going back to the drawing board to…

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza expanding Georgia presence with Smyrna location

June 29, 2015

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza is once again expanding in the Atlanta, Georgia area with its first unit in Smyrna by restaurant operators Mike and Cjgie-Mcgaha Dickey…

Egg shortage 2015: How is your restaurant coping?

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

Due to the egg shortage, local and national restaurants have had to improvise when it comes to providing eggs to their customers. Some have had to limit egg…