Modern Market loyalty app lets customers order, pay and earn rewards

May 2, 2017

Modern Market, a fast casual restaurant, has introduced a new loyalty app that lets customers order, pay and earn rewards. The app is available in the App…

Hungry Howies has an appetite for Myrtle Beach

May 2, 2017

East Coast party-by-the-beach mecca, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is home to a new Hungry Howie’s Pizza as of May 3. The chain will kick off the opening with…

1000 Degrees Neapolitan grows stores and crust options

May 2, 2017

From new locations to kinds of crust options, 1000 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza is turning it up a notch on growth and innovation. The chain plans to open 20 more…

Boston's rebrand all about sports and pizza

May 1, 2017

In a move that's intended to reposition Boston's Restaurant & Sports Bar more firmly in the pizza, pasta, burgers and wings category, the chain is…

The incredible 'multi-cultural' egg

May 1, 2017

Millennials are squarely in the cross hairs of a new American Egg Board push to instill a little Eastern ethnic cuisine into the organization's namesake…

FDA delays: 1 more year to menu labeling enforcement

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

May 1, 2017

It's official: Menu labeling enforcement waits another year.

Webinar: Are you getting the biggest bang for your franchise marketing buck?

May 1, 2017

As restaurateurs, you not only sell to diners every day, but also simultaneously to future franchisees who may either be among those diners, in the local…

Papa Murphy's tests the delivery waters via Amazon Prime

April 28, 2017

Seven Papa Murphy outlets in Oregon are testing delivery of the chain's take-and-bake products with Amazon Prime members in Portland and Seattle, according to…

Restaurant AI study gathers guest experience data

April 28, 2017

SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions recently announced the results of a test of AI automated speech recognition technology, VIA Analytics. The test monitored restaurant…

Monday restaurant worker strike talk grows

April 27, 2017

Strike rumblings are getting louder around a potential restaurant worker job action planned to take place Monday, May 1, including a planned massive labor…

Domino's racks up 93 quarters global sales growth; 24 in the US

April 27, 2017

Domino's reported today that its domestic same-store sales grew a healthy 10.2 percent in Q1 2017. the global store count and earnings per share also…

Meal kit chain expands in the Gulf Coast

April 27, 2017

Meal assembly kit company, Dream Dinners, is expanding in Alabama after signing a franchise deal to open a store in Daphne. The deal is the start of what the…

California Pizza Kitchen delivers all the hits on its summer discs

April 26, 2017

California Pizza Kitchen has created a slew of warm weathers offerings in line with current cultural trends to eat for a longer, healthier life.

Pinkberry/Paytronix promotion reveals open rates' 'dirty little secret'

April 26, 2017

Last Independence Day, Pinkberry generated a few of its own fireworks when it launched a wildly successful double points ice cream promotion using the brand's…

TNS launches multi-carrier wireless roaming solution for payment devices in North America

April 26, 2017

Transaction Network Services, a payments processing provider, has expanded its global wireless access product across North America for processors, ISOs and…

Yum China names interim CFO

April 24, 2017

Yum China Holdings Inc. has appointed Jacky Lo as its interim CFO, effective June 1. He replaces Edwin "Ted" Stedem, who is leaving the position on that same…

Restaurant industry upbeat for 2017; big year for digital marketing

April 24, 2017

This year promises to be a lucrative one for the restaurant industry, according to the Toast Restaurant POS "Restaurant Success in 2017 Industry Report," which…

Restaurant worker org joins suit against Trump

April 21, 2017

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has joined a lawsuit filed by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington against the Trump Administration…

Millennials dictate Harris Poll brand winners

April 20, 2017

The Harris Poll EquiTrend Brand Equity results are in and the winners in the five restaurant categories are: 

Papa John's turns to antiquity to meet latest pizza trend

April 19, 2017

Sorghum, teff, amaranth and quinoa are all grains used in antiquity. But the food service industry is embracing them as among the trendiest edibles going — one…