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NRA to Congress: 'Restaurants in economic free fall'
December 7, 2020
In a letter to congressional leadership, the National Restaurant Association said Monday that the restaurant industry is in an "economic free fall" and…
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HungerRush acquires OrdrAI’s AI-driven text message ordering solution
December 4, 2020
HungerRush has acquired OrdrAI, a text and voice ordering provider for the restaurant industry, giving HungerRush Restaurant Management System the ability to…
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Squisito Pizza and Pasta names managing partner
December 3, 2020
Squisito's parent company, Monte Restaurant Development Group, has named restaurant developer, Todd Kosakowski. as managing partner and franchisee. In his…
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HotSchedules launches global brand Fourth
December 2, 2020
HotSchedules, a technology and services provider for the hospitality and restaurant industries, is now operating under a unified global brand called Fourth and…
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Pandemic triggering $95B revenue loss in European restaurant sector
December 2, 2020
After the COVID-19 lockdown in the first months of 2020, restaurants around the world began reopening in the second half of the year, but that's changed the…
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LA banning outdoor dining
November 24, 2020
Los Angeles County, which is home to over 10 million people, is banning outdoor dining for at least three weeks as a way to protect people from spreading…
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California Pizza Kitchen emerges from Chapter 11
November 24, 2020
California Pizza Kitchen has completed its financial restructuring process and emerged from Chapter 11, with a strong position for "long-term growth,…
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Donatos Pizza expanding with a little help from Red Robin
November 20, 2020
Two years ago, Donatos Pizza and Red Robin quietly began testing a combination of the two concepts with a scaled-down Donatos pizza menu alongside Red Robin's…
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GoTab offering contactless capabilities
November 19, 2020
GoTab, a restaurant commerce platform, is offering free activations and 24-hour guaranteed setup to companies wanting to add contactless options, including…
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Fast casual leaders talk food safety in the world of COVID-19
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
Food safety has always been top of mind for every restaurant, but is now even further a priority given the COVID-19 pandemic. Three fast casual brand leaders…
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ToastGo2 contactless product suite keeps guests safe, restaurants efficient
November 18, 2020
Toast, a restaurant management platform, is launchingToastGo2, a mobile handheld point-of-sale that works with the Toast Order & Pay platform to facilitate…
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5 ways pizza brands can build sales in a pandemic winter
by Lydia Fayal — Head of Grwoth, Workstream
Pizza brands, particularly those in northern climes, face a cold pandemic-ridden winter that threatens to limit the dine-in business they built this summer…
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Cutting-edge test kitchen central to Papa John's Atlanta HQ
November 18, 2020
A state-of-the-art test kitchen is a huge part of the the 60,000-square-foot structure that Papa John's International Inc. is building for its new headquarters…
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The Local Culinary waiving franchise fees on ghost concepts
November 17, 2020
In an effort to help restaurants drum up business during the pandemic, The Local Culinary, a virtual restaurant group, is waiving all initial fees for new…
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Has US demonized restaurant industry as spreader of pandemic?
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
As a surge in COVID-19 grips the nation, restaurateurs are growing weary of the finger-pointing at their businesses as a major factor of rising cases. Instead…
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Roundtable: How to Design a Technology Strategy for Your Restaurant
Designing a technology strategy for your restaurant isn’t easy. Many restaurants depend on a variety of integrated technologies to run their business, from…
Presented by SpeedLine Solutions
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Coming back from COVID-19: Tips, strategies and a silver lining
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
A panel of fast casual brand leaders shared how they're on a comeback trail post COVID-19 during the recent Fast Casual Executive Summit as well as insight on…
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Grubhub, Restaurant Strong team on $2M grant support program
November 9, 2020
Grubhub, a food order and delivery platform, and The Gregg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund, are teaming up on a $2 million support program providing…
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Restaurant-transaction declines holding steady
November 9, 2020
Customer transaction declines at major U.S. restaurant chains held steady at -9% every week in October compared to the same weeks one year ago, according to…
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Papa John's reports 450% increase in year-over-year EPS
November 5, 2020
Papa John's third-quarter results beat estimates on revenue and came in largely as expected on quarter diluted EPS of 35 cents a share, showing the relative…
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