Restaurant Association, UnitedHealthcare partner up for member discounts

September 29, 2014

The National Restaurant Association has announced exclusive member discounts from UnitedHealthcare on manual medical rates for fully insured business groups…

Pizza Inn rolls out Stromboli-inspired offering

September 29, 2014

Pizza Inn has added Pepperoni Twists to the menu. The company said in a news release that the new offerings are "Stromboli-like" and are made by wrapping…

Villa Italian Kitchen plans slice giveaway for Facebook fans

September 29, 2014

Villa Italian Kitchen will celebrate National Pizza Month this October with its fifth annual Have a Slice Day pizza giveaway, offering new and existing…

Blaze Pizza plans Raleigh-Durham debut in December

September 29, 2014

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza announced it will soon open first North Carolina location, near Raleigh-Durham, in December. According to a news release, the…

Global foodservice trends driven by QSR segment performance

September 29, 2014

Higher check averages at restaurants around the world during Q2 helped to increase the overall consumer spending in every country except Spain and Italy…

Domino's annual fire safety campaign heats up in October

September 29, 2014

Domino's Pizza's is partnering with the National Fire Protection Association and Sparky the Fire Dog for the seventh consecutive year to promote Fire…

Agilysys adds table management solution

September 29, 2014

Agilysys Inc., a provider of IT and hospitality software and services, today announced an expansion of the rGuest product offering to include rGuest Seat, a…

Food truck revenue expected to increase by 76% in next five years

September 29, 2014

The food truck segment began picking up steam around 2008, with many concepts abandoning more expensive brick-and-mortar bills during the Great Recession.

How to cultivate a loyal guest at your restaurant

Loyal guests don’t just randomly happen: they are cultivated through good food and great experiences.

Identifying best practices for restaurant site selection

by Nate Riggs — CEO / Owner, NR Media Group

Getting boots on the ground to narrow down an ideal location is important.

Hungry Howie's adds social media elements to breast cancer fundraiser

September 26, 2014

Hungry Howie's Pizza will feature its annual "Love, Hope & Pizza" campaign throughout October to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. As…

Zpizza rolls out new pizza, kale salad for fall

September 26, 2014

Mellow Mushroom opens North Myrtle Beach location

September 26, 2014

Survey launched to track restaurant menu prices

September 26, 2014

Restaurant supply chain co-op SpenDifference has launched the latest survey in its menu price tracking study program. U.S. chain restaurant leaders are invited…

Seasonal hiring outlook solid, according to survey

September 26, 2014

Eighty-nine percent of employers anticipate hiring the same number of seasonal workers as 2013, or perhaps more.

5 restaurant redesigns to reduce energy costs

For all these energy upgrades, it’s important to think long term and consider the entire life cycle of the technology in question.

Pie Five’s weekly sales up 25% year-over-year

September 25, 2014

Pizza Inn Holdings reported its Q4 and FY financial results earlier this week. On the quarter, the company’s Pizza Inn concept experienced a 1.5-percent…

Blaze Pizza plans two pizza giveaways to mark openings

September 25, 2014

Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza will open its second Wisconsin location, in Bayshore Town Center, on Oct. 2. To celebrate, the location will offer free pizzas on Oct.

Report: Restaurant mobile websites slow to load digital orders

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

If mobile websites included a click-to-order button that routed customers to a geolocation API, the brands' mobile experiences would be better suited to handle…

Domino’s showcases new store design with carryout promotion

September 25, 2014