Lavu iPad POS adds scheduling tools for employees

June 19, 2014

Lavu Inc. has added new features to its mobile iPad POS software, including an Employee Portal that allows employees to view schedules online and trade shifts…

Uncle Maddio’s selects first ad agency to support growth

June 19, 2014

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint has chosen Scout as its first-ever agency of record for advertising and other marketing services, following a review.

Fired Pie plans to double store count by fall

June 19, 2014

Arizona-based Fired Pie has announced plans to double its store count by the fall, going from four units to eight.

5 ways to ramp up your restaurant's customer service

Customers are now much more likely to make a comment about your business via social media where they can either gloat or vent their frustrations to an…

MOD Pizza plants seed in Northern California

June 18, 2014

Seattle-based MOD Pizza announced it will be expanding to Silicon Valley. The first store, located in the newly developed Village Oaks Shopping Center in San…

Breakfast drives 6 percent increase in bacon servings

June 18, 2014

Americans’ love affair with bacon isn’t showing any signs of fading. According to new research from The NPD Group, U.S. consumers ate about 1.1 billion…

Diversified Foodservice Supply acquires Restaurant Parts & More

June 18, 2014

Diversified Foodservice Supply has acquired Restaurant Parts & More LLC. According to a joint statement from the companies, the addition of RPM to the DFSI…

Tutta Bella marks 10th anniversary

June 18, 2014

Seattle-based Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, a VPN-certified, wood-fired pizza restaurant, has opened its fifth location in the Bellevue Crossroads…

Handful of California restaurants earn nutrition-based certification

June 18, 2014

The United States Healthful Food Council announced California’s first restaurants to achieve REAL Certification. They include: Nopa, The Plant Café Organic…

Paytronix launches rewards solution for multiunit chains

June 18, 2014

Paytronix Systems Inc. has introduced its new EXPRESS Pilots program designed specifically to help restaurant and retail chains create and deploy a new rewards…

Café Rio exec named as Pieology Pizzeria president

June 18, 2014

Pieology Pizzeria has named Bob Baker as its new president. Baker will join CEO and Founder Carl Chang in managing the growth of Pieology.

Avocado now offered at Pie Five Pizza

June 17, 2014

For a limited time, Pie Five Pizza is adding avocado to its selection of personalized toppings.

Here’s why the end is near for restaurant POS terminals

by Noah Glass — CEO, Olo

With the majority of consumers carrying web-enabled, location-aware devices and demanding self-service options, the days of POS terminals in restaurants may be…

Tech companies help operators go from 'reactive to proactive'

Operators can now pull real-time data and sales forecasts to better control labor scheduling.

Marco's Pizza helps unemployed veterans

June 17, 2014

Marco’s Pizza celebrated its 500th franchise by reaching out to unemployed veterans. In anticipation of its Wilmington, N.C., store, customers were encouraged…

National Restaurant Association updates TrendMapper website

June 17, 2014

The National Restaurant Association has launched a new and improved version of its Restaurant TrendMapper online subscription service, which includes the…

Domino’s data hacked in Europe

June 17, 2014

More than 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers in Belgium and France had their data stolen in a cybersecurity breach this week. According to Reuters, the hackers…

Blaze Pizza plans new opening every six days

June 17, 2014

Blaze Pizza announced that it will open its 25th restaurant next month in Mission Viejo, Calif., and its 60th restaurant in New Orleans in December. The fast…

Cheese prices rise sharply week over week

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Gas prices inch higher as summer approaches.

Kids’ menu orders up 40% each year since 2012

June 16, 2014

New research from GrubHub reveals that kids' menu orders have grown 40 percent each year since 2012, with 17 percent of takeout restaurants now offering a…