This week in restaurants, QSRs bet on coffee, Subway breaks records and tech providers consolidate. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are noting the growth potential in coffee, as the beverage, an everyday purchase for many consumers, poses an opportunity to keep customers coming back. McDonald’s, for instance,...
This week in restaurants, eateries expand to grocery stores, add ghost kitchens and face regulations. Throughout the last couple of years, restaurants have been seizing on the opportunity to attract new customers in highly trafficked areas by teaming up with grocers to offer in-store locations....
This week in restaurants, Chili’s closes its off-premises-only location and brands refine their drive-thrus. Casual dining brand Chili’s seems to be focusing on the onsite experience. The brand has closed down the pickup and delivery-only location it was testing in Dallas, Texas. The move was...
This week in restaurant news, Shake Shack and Wendy’s tap drive-thru while Red Robin reevaluates priorities. As restaurants look to offset margin pressure from food and wage inflation, Shake Shack is turning to the drive-thru channel to boost efficiency. In a presentation to investors Tuesday...
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant McDonald’s is looking to drive sales by teaming up with sweet treat brand Krispy Kreme, exploring selling the latter’s donuts at its restaurants. The QSR chain announced Tuesday (Oct. 18) that it is adding these to the menu at nine locations...
U.K.-based food delivery service Deliveroo is asking the question, “Do consumers want to pay for their burritos in multiple installments?” The company is now offering buy now, pay later (BNPL) via Klarna, the Mirror reported Tuesday (Oct. 11). Consumers are given the option to pay...
Chipotle Steps up Test of Robo-Kitchen Assistant Fast-casual brand Chipotle Mexican Grill is proceeding with its test of robotic kitchen assistants created by Miso Robotics to automate the process of making tortilla chips. The company announced Tuesday (Sept. 27) that it has moved into the...
After years of being conspicuously absent from the DoorDash marketplace, Starbucks is finally appearing on the platform. The coffeehouse chain, the world’s largest restaurant company by revenue, revealed Tuesday (Sept. 13) that it has partnered with the United States’ leading aggregator as part of a...
As fast food restaurant employees at every step of the corporate ladder wait for Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision on a bill passed in the state’s senate Monday (Aug. 29), which calls for new standards for fast food workers’ wages, schedules and working conditions, fast food...
