Foodservice industry has 3 years to cut the fat

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

A FDA decision gives the industry until 2018 to remove trans fats from all foods, which the federal agency estimates causes 20,000 heart attacks and 7,00…

Lightspeed POS enjoying big transaction-processing, customer-base growth

June 17, 2015

Commerce platform player Lightspeed POS today reported that it is processing $10 billion in transactions every year and its customer base now boasts 24,00…

Commodities: Papa John's, Papa Murphy's reach new 52-week highs

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

Last week's prices for cheese and wheat moved little, while regular unleaded gas rose five cents.

Gatti's acquired by private equity firm

June 17, 2015

The company hopes to re-energize the brand by capitalizing on its key strengths, and meeting the consumer demand for pizza in a family friendly setting.

Q1 same stores sales up 4% from 2014

June 17, 2015

Technomic tracked data from more than 100 national public and private chains with quarterly sales of more than $40 billion.

Escalon launches flavor trends newsletter

June 17, 2015

Escalon Premier Brands has launched a quarterly newsletter, Better Together, featuring articles with insight on flavor and ingredient trends.

Pieology donates more than $2K to Humane Society

June 17, 2015

To celebrate the opening and show the company's commitment to its local community, the restaurant pledged to donate 100 percent of sales from two pre-opening…

Alliance for Hispanic Health supports FDA trans fats busting

June 17, 2015

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health issued a statement this week on the FDA move to eliminate artificial trans fats from foodservice industry products…

'Consumer counter-revolution' driven by misleading food labeling

June 17, 2015

Packaged Facts: "The mainstream food industry has paid a price for foot-dragging and sleight-of-hand on nutritional and labeling issues, leading to consumer…

Pizza Hut intros Hershey brownie

June 17, 2015

Pizza Hut introduced its Hershey's Triple Chocolate Brownie to its dessert offerings, which includes three types of Hershey's products: Hershey's Cocoa…

Digital menu board execs discuss latest trends

Execs from Peerless and Nextep discuss how operators can benefit from using DMBs.

Uncle Maddio's execs: Fast casual pizza still burning up growth

Uncle Maddio's director of operations, Scott Goodrich, and CEO Matt Andrew discuss how hot the fast casual pizza industry is and what's helped the brand…

Uncle Maddio's expands Florida footprint

June 15, 2015

The build-your-own, fast-casual pizza restaurant signed a franchisee agreement for three units in the Sarasota, Florida area.

NRA CEO Dawn Sweeney wins leadership award

June 15, 2015

The Trending Association Leaders list recognizes distinguished association chief executives who have driven extraordinary growth, innovation and missions at…

American Express POS rates lowered to less than 2%

June 12, 2015

Harbortouch, a POS system and merchant services provider, is offering special pricing on American Express transactions at a rate of 1.99 percent for merchants…

NRA calls IRS requirements 'confusing, burdensome'

June 12, 2015

Under the current requirements, restaurants will face exorbitant new HR and IT costs to obtain, maintain and protect their employees' personal information…

Sodexo nominates MenuTrinfo for vendor award

June 12, 2015

MenuTrinfo received a nomination for the "Vendor Partner Award," from Sodexo.

Global restaurant industry sales more than $2B in 2014, study says

June 12, 2015

A report released by Research and Markets, the Global Restaurants industry guide, contains a qualitative and quantitative summary of information including…

Label system to ensure order accuracy for QSRs, fast casuals

June 12, 2015

Quick serve and fast casual restaurants face more than 10 percent errors in order handling in drive-thru, take out and counter orders.

Success pours from Buffalo Wild Wings' beer program

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

The surprising element of success at Buffalo Wild Wings is not just the restaurant's wings, according to CEO Sally Smith in her BAR Keynote Speech at the…