Fast Casual Executive Summit's early bird pricing ending July 31

July 26, 2013

CEOS and other top executives from the fast casual segment will meet in New Orleans to discuss the industry's top strategic issues.

Restaurant workers plan wage protests in seven cities

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Thousands of minimum-wage employees, most of them in the limited-service restaurant industry, are planning to walk off their jobs next week in what is being…

Blaze Pizza signs agreements for 4 more markets

July 25, 2013

Blaze Pizza, a fast casual, build-your-own pizza concept,  has signed agreements with four separate franchise groups to develop a total of 31 restaurant…

Barro's Pizza extends contract with agency of record

July 25, 2013

Arizona-based Barro's Pizza has extended its agency of record relationship with Zion & Zion for an additional 30 months.

Number of restaurant operators seeking capital jumps 40% since 2012

July 25, 2013

Thirty-nine percent more restaurant owners have sought capital for their businesses this year compared to last year, according to a new analysis from Capital…

European firm expresses interest in franchising Papa John's, DQ in China

July 25, 2013

EQT Partners, a European-based private equity firm, has expressed interest in purchasing a stake in a company that owns Dairy Queen and Papa John's franchises…

Six ways to increase pickup and delivery online orders

Special discounts for pick-up orders, free items with group orders, and customers loyalty programs are all efficient techniques.

NRA's Marketing Executives Group conference shrinks to 24-Hour Powwow

July 25, 2013

With so many topics and so little time, the National Restaurant Association's Marketing Executives Group (MEG) will host a new 24-hour format for its fall…

Webinar: 5 Reasons Beef Fits Fast Casual More Than Ever

Beef -- the protein that patrons crave is No. 1 in foodservice and still growing. In this exclusive webinar hosted by leading industry experts, you'll learn…

Menu24hours.com chooses preferred mobile payment app

July 24, 2013

PXT Payments, creator and provider of looped in, an electronic payment and consumer incentive system, has integrated with menu24hours.com for acceptance of…

CiCi's Pizza CEO announces retirement

July 24, 2013

CiCi's Pizza has announced the retirement of CEO Mike Shumsky after a 30-plus year career serving the restaurant industry.

Warren Buffet is the new pitchman for Stevi B's Pizza

July 24, 2013

Stevi B's Pizza has named Warren Buffet as the new brand spokesperson.

Pie Five Pizza adds Baltimore to portfolio

July 24, 2013

For the second time this month, a Five Guys franchisee has signed on to expand the Pie Five Pizza Co. brand.

Groupon expands free Breadcrumb POS app

July 24, 2013

Groupon has announced additions to its free Breadcrumb POS iPad point-of-sale app to provide the most popular types of local businesses with a pre-built…

Sam & Louie's creates new pizza for Make-A-Wish fundraiser

July 24, 2013

Sam & Louie's has partnered with Make-A-Wish, an organization dedicated to the mission of granting wishes of children with life-threatening medical…

Kitchen Brains, NEC to marry POS, production process

July 24, 2013

Kitchen Brains, a provider of integrated, end-to-end, wireless M2M networking solutions and SaaS applications, today announced a partnership with NEC…

NRA, IFA join Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates

July 24, 2013

The National Restaurant Association and International Franchise Association announced Tuesday that they have joined a new group called the Coalition for Fair…

Toppers CEO: Big pizza chains have lost identity, brand connection

July 24, 2013

Wisconsin-based Toppers Pizza reported a 7.7 percent same-store sales increase in the second quarter. This comes on the heels of its 13.59 percent increase…

Consumers responding favorably to Domino's technology investments

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The company achieved nearly 7 percent same-store sales growth without any product introductions during the quarter.

The hourglass consumer

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

As the middle class is squeezed, those operators that serve them will find their customer counts slipping.