Business Strategy and Profitability News & Media
Historic 1st FAA-approved food delivery? Of course, it's a Slurpee and a doughnut
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Just how long do we have before these autonomous flying delivery trucks fill our skies like a perpetual "day of the locusts"?
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Commodities: A mostly profitable week for pizza restaurateurs
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
The cheese stands alone as the sole item to go up in price last week. On top of that good news for pizza restaurateurs,all but one of the stocks QSRweb.com…
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Chick-fil-A app campaign analytics show just how big a win it was
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
You can drive consumers to your app, but you can't necessarily make them download it. This has been the perpetual problem for restaurants that want their…
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Canadian restaurant group acquires Kahala, readies for US growth spurt
July 22, 2016
Shareholders approved the merger Thursday of Kahala Brands Ltd and a wholly owned subsidiary of MTY Food group. Kahala — as the parent company of 18 brands…
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Domino's doles out dividend after 90 quarters of global growth
July 21, 2016
Domino's pizza today reported Q2 results, including the company's 90th consecutive quarter of sales growth globally and its 21st in the United States. Domestic…
read nowChinese labor market stabilizes -- restaurant sector is key
July 21, 2016
The labor market in China appears to finally be stabilizing and one of the leading industries driving that turnaround is the food-service sector. That news…
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Six ways your restaurant's reputation is affecting your online orders
by Alex Membrillo — CEO, Cardinal Web Solutions
As technology makes it easier for your customers to order online, it also makes it more important than ever to manage your restaurant's reputation.
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Fighting pesticides, pathogens, other brand-crushing problems
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Produce is at the heart of most food borne illnesses attributed to restaurants, according to national statistics. What are your procedures for cleaning produce…
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More please! Hungry American business people increase spending on food
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
American workers are clearly hungry. And today, another report from the business dining sector shows just how ravenous we are when we're on the road or just…
read nowWhat are ya' drinking? New technology gives more accurate answer than ever
July 19, 2016
Beverage dispensing company Lancer has partnered with beverage data company Weissberger to create a platform that turns Lancer fountain dispensing machines…
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New report predicts the road ahead for food service market
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
A new analysis of the food service industry by Technavio shows that over the next four years the food service industry will grow almost 3½ percent overall…
read nowPapa Murphy's starts serving antibiotic-free chicken today
July 18, 2016
Papa Murphy's today became the first national chain pizza restaurant to commit to serving all antibiotic-free chicken for everything on its menu containing the…
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Commodities: Markets fluctuating, pizza stocks down
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Pizza commodities were a mixed bag of good and bad news last week.
read nowWhat's in a napkin? Maybe more than you think
July 15, 2016
Restaurant customers often take stacks of napkins when they visit with little thought to waste or cost to the business owner, and employees at the…
read nowNRF backs another idea for diluting overtime rules
July 15, 2016
Legislation that would slow the enactment of some of the provisions of the overtime rules set to take effect in December received loud and instantaneous…
read nowToppers adds IT leader to blaze trail into future
July 14, 2016
Toppers is taking a huge digital step for the brand's future with the recent hire of Tony Ellis as the chain's first vice president of information technology.
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Where in the restaurant world will Pokemon GO, go?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Computer code rarely lies, and the computer code inside the Pokemon Go game for mobile devices indicates that the Niantic Labs product already has McDonald's…
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Yum! increases profit prediction for year after solid Q2
July 14, 2016
Yum! Brands has increased its full-year core operating profit growth forecast to 14 percent from the previously predicted 12 percent, according to a company…
read nowDiners find review sites valuable for getting and giving feedback
July 13, 2016
Review sites are considered valuable by nearly all diners, according to a new Original Review study and nearly as many are willing to share feedback on their…
read nowTechnavio names top 8 vendors in US
July 13, 2016
The top eight vendors in the U.S. food service industry for the next four years are, according to a study by Technavio, offering a lot of value for their…
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