- December 14, 2023
As ongoing financial challenges have continued to constrain consumers’ budgets throughout the year, restaurants have taken the opportunity to rethink the financial incentives they offer, relaunching their rewards programs with ...
- December 8, 2023
Convenience retailers are seizing on the electric vehicle (EV) charging opportunity to drive sales, as consumers wait around with little to do but shop.
Last month, for instance, Texas-based convenience store ...
- September 8, 2023
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 ...
- August 24, 2023
With inflation prompting many consumers to choose low-priced restaurants over more expensive alternatives, Subway has secured a buyer.
The QSR giant, which has nearly 37,000 restaurants around the world, announced Thursday (Aug. 24) ...
- August 14, 2023
As restaurants step up their digital investments to secure consumers’ omnichannel loyalty, Domino’s is the big cheese this month in this edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order Ahead Apps.
The ...
- July 7, 2023
As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to capture more of consumers’ meal occasions, McDonald’s Indonesia is making a play for the lucrative wedding market with its new package deal.
The restaurant’s social ...
- May 22, 2023
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are finding new ways to take the need to make meals off consumers’ plates as they develop subscription models in direct challenge to meal kit providers.
The direct-to-consumer ...
- April 21, 2023
You never know exactly what will happen with PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order Ahead apps, but you can bet there will be a certain amount of jostling.
This edition is ...
- April 14, 2023
This week in restaurants, Subway gets closer to selling, and eateries’ sales and workforces grow.
In quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant Subway’s reported ongoing effort to sell the company, 10 or more ...
- April 12, 2023
As restaurants explore the potential of subscription commerce, Square is offering recurring payments tools.
The financial services platform announced a wide range of new features Wednesday (April 12) including a handful ...
- March 31, 2023
For brick-and-mortar retailers — convenience stores especially — boosting foot traffic is essential.
And for some forward-thinking merchants, the way to charge sales and boost basket sizes is to offer a ...
- March 20, 2023
Following a successful run last year, Subway is bringing its footlong sandwich subscription back.
The multinational quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant, which has close to 37,000 locations across more than 100 countries, ...
- March 15, 2023
Hungry for some information? You’ve come to the right place. The Provider Ranking Mobile Order-Ahead Apps is like the ultimate food court — of apps.
This one gets zany, so drop the chalupa ...
- February 3, 2023
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 ...
- January 12, 2023
Subway may be the latest high-profile restaurant to undergo a major change amid industry-wide challenges.
The quick-service restaurant (QSR) is exploring a sale, valuing the company at more than $10 billion, ...
- November 21, 2022
It’s taken nearly three years, but the bruised and battered catering industry is finally eclipsing its pre-COVID revenue figures with a larger portion of total food sales than ever.
This, as ...
- November 8, 2022
There’s a new sheriff in town in this month’s edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps.
Using a proprietary combination of publicly available information and app usage data to which ...
- September 29, 2022
As restaurants seek creative ways to drive loyalty, a handful have been exploring the potential of subscription commerce. Chinese-inspired casual dining chain P.F. Chang’s, for one, which has more than ...
- September 12, 2022
As more players in the food and beverage (F&B) space debut corporate meal solutions, DoorDash, the leading U.S. restaurant aggregator, is making changes to its own B2B program to better ...
- August 30, 2022
Restaurant brands are finding that their customers are hungry, as it were, for subscription offerings, presenting them with the opportunity to level up their fans to superfans.
Take quick-service restaurant (QSR) ...
- July 5, 2022
For years, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and fast-casual brands have bent over backward to meet consumers’ need for customization. Many chains now offer items that consumers can effectively build from scratch, ...
- June 16, 2022
Today in food commerce, Kroger turns to data analytics tools to weather inflationary challenges, while Target announces the launch of a line of new ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails. Plus, Wendy’s and ...
- June 16, 2022
Wendy’s initial metaverse efforts have yielded positive results for the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, given that the company is stepping up its virtual efforts.
The company announced an expansion of this ...
- June 13, 2022
Today in food commerce, Grubhub makes autonomous delivery via its partnership with self-driving robotics company Cartken available to colleges across the country, while Jenn Saunders-Haynes of Subway, discusses the evolution ...
- June 13, 2022
As restaurants seek to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of omnichannel convenience, those that can bring additional dining occasions into the digital space have the opportunity to embed their offerings in ...
- June 1, 2022
Today in food commerce, Taco Bell runs out of Mexican Pizza ingredients, and Subway rethinks its catering business. Plus, Finnish delivery kitchen startup Huuva raises funds.
Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza Relaunch ...
- June 1, 2022
Subway, the quick-service restaurant (QSR) sandwich chain with nearly 40,000 restaurants worldwide, is investing in expanding sales occasions beyond individual meals.
The company announced Tuesday (May 1) that it has redesigned ...
- February 4, 2022
Today in food commerce, ghost kitchen company Kitchen United partners with real estate investment trust Simon, and Subway attempts to step up its digital performance. Plus, New York City business ...
- February 4, 2022
Subway, one of the largest restaurant chains in the world by store count, is hardly a leader in the digital space.
On PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, for instance, ...
- August 18, 2021
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Target sees grocery sales grow at double the rate of Walmart, while Brinker International slows its virtual brand expansion to focus on the ...
- August 18, 2021
Dining out is on the menu for many United States consumers once again.
Overall restaurant sales nationwide jumped $70.6 billion in June, notching their third straight month of reaching an all-time ...
- July 7, 2021
With over 40,000 locations, Subway, the world’s largest restaurant chain, announced Tuesday (July 6) that it will soon launch the most major update to its menu in the company’s history. ...
- April 24, 2020
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is launching a pilot program to trial its new digital currency yuan with 19 local businesses, including the U.S. chains Starbucks, Subway and McDonald’s.
The ...
- March 24, 2020
Mattress Firm and Subway are among the major U.S. retailers that don’t want to pay rent in full due to the coronavirus‘ effects on the country’s economy, Bloomberg reported, which ...
- January 28, 2020
Adyen will help process payments for quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain Subway in the U.S. and Canada, the firms announced on Tuesday (Jan. 28), Bloomberg reported.
The Dutch-based payment company has already ...
- November 27, 2019
Mastercard has announced that it will refund cardholders up to $10 off their cab rides, every Tuesday through the end of the year (including New Year’s Eve and Day), in ...
- May 30, 2019
Mastercard has announced that cardholders who tap to pay for subway rides on Fridays in June and July will get refunded fares, and have the chance to win Priceless Surprises, ...
- May 28, 2019
A U.S. senator has sent a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) questioning the agency’s backing of loans to struggling franchisees of Subway and other chains, reports in Restaurant ...
- March 20, 2019
Bitcoin’s share of the total cryptocurrency market is close to falling below 50 percent for the first time in over seven months.
CoinDesk reported that the crypto currently accounts for 50.9 percent ...
- March 13, 2019
A subway operator in Shenzhen, China is testing facial recognition software, powered by a 5G network, to pay for entry, according to reports.
The face would be linked to a ...
