The Hokey-Pokey approach to security and safety

When business priorities require our attention, the security and safety priorities may slide down the list when they are not ingrained into the culture as core…

Restaurant operators' optimism hits a 10-month high

May 31, 2013

Driven by higher same-store sales and an improving outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI…

Giordano's food truck rolls out in Chicago

May 31, 2013

Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza announced that it is the first restaurant to receive a license from the City of Chicago to cook and sell deep dish pizza from a…

Restaurant chains expected to raise prices later this year

May 31, 2013

A new study conducted by supply chain cooperative SpenDifference shows that chain restaurants are planning to raise menu prices later this year.

Detroit Style Pizza debuts in Louisville

May 31, 2013

Louisville, Ky., home of Papa John's and Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands, now has a new kind of pizza — Detroit Style.

Restaurant food safety tracking and tracing innovation

by Darrel Suderman — President, Food Technical Consulting

Litigation attorneys are coming after restaurant chains with increased expertise and sophistication; it would be wise to hire an outside food safety consultant.

QSR worker strikes hit the West Coast

May 30, 2013

Seattle is the latest city to experience a quick-service employee strike. The citywide protest launched late Wednesday at a Ballard Taco Bell and has expanded…

Sbarro ready to debut fast casual concept: Pizza Cucinova

May 30, 2013

Columbus, Ohio, will be home to Sbarro's new fast casual concept, Pizza Cucinova. According to Columbus Business First, two units are planned in the market…

Topper's Pizza to be featured on Food Network Canada

May 30, 2013

On June 24 at 10 p.m. EST, Topper's Pizza will be featured on Food Network Canada's "Giving You The Business," a new Canadian original series where an…

Report predicts increasingly polarized value and premium food categories

May 30, 2013

Rabobank has published a new report identifying a new type of food consumer, the "hybrid consumer," which the bank says will polarize the food retail spectrum…

Blaze Pizza paves way for Chicago, Miami development

May 30, 2013

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza has signed an agreement with an affiliate of Levy Family Partners. This agreement paves the way for the development of 15 franchise…

Green means go: Traffic light symbols might make menu labels more effective

by Betsy Craig — pres, menutrinfo.com

Diners who normally ignore numeric calorie information because they aren't sure how it affects them, or because they aren't aware of basic nutrition teachings…

Sbarro expanding Canadian footprint with 20-unit agreement

May 29, 2013

Sbarro has announced plans to open 20 eateries in Ontario, Canada. This the latest in a series of franchise agreements that have recently expanded Sbarro's…

HotSchedules partners with talent management provider

May 29, 2013

HotSchedules, developers of mobile and Web-based employee scheduling, forecasting and paperless hiring solutions, announced a partnership with global talent…

California Pizza Kitchen, PepsiCo in court over contract

May 29, 2013

California Pizza Kitchen recently terminated its purchase agreement for fountain drinks with PepsiCo. PepsiCo. then allegedly sent its confidential agreement…

Restaurant leaders share best practices for employee engagement

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Restaurants have incentivized and engaged their teams with everything from retreats to Facebook pages to ESOL programs.

Gas prices temper before busy travel season

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Wheat and cheese prices both fall.

Attackers vs. defenders

by Ed Zimmerman — President, pizza.com

Boldness counts when going after your competition's business.

Papa John's apologizes for racist voicemail, fires culprits

May 28, 2013

Papa John's promptly fired two of its Florida employees after a customer posted their inadvertent "butt dialed" voicemail filled with racial slurs.

Report: Restaurant spending in Q1 increases

May 28, 2013

Visits to U.S. restaurants were stable in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the traffic gains encouraged by mild winter weather in the first quarter last…