This week in restaurant news, Subway rethinks its rewards strategy, Chick-fil-A expands its mobile order drive-thru lanes and Whataburger opens its first digital-only location. As restaurants’ economic challenges have stretched on for years, many brands are rethinking their loyalty programs in an effort to find...
This week in restaurant news, TGI Fridays looks to boost on-premises sales, Del Taco opens its first drive-thru-only store and Panera Bread looks to manage costs with a streamlined menu. Casual dining bar and grill chain TGI Fridays, which has more than 650 restaurants across...
This week in restaurants, Bojangles and Jersey Mike’s both leverage football season to boost off-premise sales, Walmart expands its in-supermarket restaurant selection, and fast-casual goes fancy. With the return of college football season, restaurant brands are seizing on the opportunity to create a new ordering occasion, feeding tailgaters with targeted off-premise...
This week in restaurants, Wendy’s and Taco Bell develop new restaurant designs with an eye toward digital growth, and Checkers and Rally’s expand tests of voice artificial intelligence (AI) by adding Spanish language capabilities. Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant Wendy’s, which has around 7,000 locations around...
As food inflation puts pressure on restaurant margins, consumers have noticed restaurants scaling down their deals and promotions. By the Numbers Of more than 1,800 U.S. consumers PYMNTS surveyed in February, 44% said that during the last year, the discounts and benefits granted by restaurants...
This week in restaurant news, KFC adds its first chief digital officer, WOWorks adds seven new virtual brands, and Uber Eats reportedly follows through on its stated goal to wean out thousands of ghost kitchens on its platform. Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant KFC, which has...
This week in restaurant news, restaurants are looking to stand out in the crowded loyalty program space. Yum Brands is updating its data capabilities, Kura Sushi is driving rewards program adoption with brand partnerships and Del Taco is taking a page out of DoorDash’s book...
This week in restaurant news, Chuck E. Cheese looks to boost its margins by opening a new revenue stream, the inflation gap between foodservice and grocery grows wider and Uber Eats bows out of Italy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
This week in restaurant news, Sweetgreen taps robotics, drive-thru chains get automated, and social commerce starts to take hold in digital ordering. Fast-casual chain Sweetgreen is planning to integrate automation into almost all of its restaurants within the next five years, according to CEO Jonathan...
