As many restaurant chains move into grocery aisles amid consumers’ shift toward food at home, Asian street food chain Wow Bao is leveraging consumer packaged goods (CPG) to not only open up a new revenue stream but also to generate familiarity for its offerings. The brand announced via...
With many consumers ordering food online while at work, restaurants can target these customers’ workday needs to drive digital adoption. By the Numbers According to research from a new national PYMNTS study of more than 4,600 consumers for the “How We Will Pay” report, 85%...
With Chili’s seeing its customers pull back amid continued restaurant inflation, the chain is taking its virtual brand into the physical world to draw customers into stores. Casual dining group Brinker International, the parent company of Chili’s Grill & Bar, Maggiano’s Little Italy and two virtual brands, shared in its...
Restaurant management/bill payment platform MarginEdge wants to let customers make payments using their smartphones. The Virginia company announced the launch of its mobile bill payment platform in a news release Monday (Aug. 14), calling it part of a larger project by MarginEdge to let its clients enjoy “complete...
Burger King’s owner is undertaking “high-quality remodels” of its restaurants following a successful quarter. Speaking during an earnings call Tuesday (Aug. 8), Restaurant Brands International (RBI) CEO Josh Kobza discussed the company’s $250 million “Royal Reset” program, which involves a mix of technological updates and...
Home is where the heart is — the car, too, at least when it comes to burgers and fries. To that end, as The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Aug. 7) that dine-in customers at quick-service restaurants (QSR) are dwindling. Consumers are not exactly crowding...
The typical McDonald’s dining area is a lonely place these days. The fast food giant hasn’t seen sales drop, but as The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Aug. 7), most of those meals aren’t being eaten inside a McDonald’s. In fact, dine-in customers make up under 10% of visits...
Rappi, a Latin American delivery app backed by SoftBank, is partnering with FinTech R2 to provide loans to restaurants in Mexico and Colombia. Restaurants selling via the app for at least three months will be eligible for these loans, which will be repaid through their sales on...
McDonald’s is leveraging social media to bring younger consumers into the fold, following on the success of its “Grimace’s Birthday” push with more digital events. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant shared on a call with analysts Thursday (July 27), discussing its second-quarter 2023 earnings results, how...
