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Restaurants Rethink Their Channel Strategy Amid Ongoing Margin Pressure
Restaurants Rethink Their Channel Strategy Amid Ongoing Margin Pressure
September 01, 2023  |  Restaurant Roundup

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...

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Yum Brands and Others Try New Loyalty Strategies to Outperform Competitors
Yum Brands and Others Try New Loyalty Strategies to Outperform Competitors
July 07, 2023  |  Restaurant Roundup

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...

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Chili’s Closes Delivery Test Kitchen as Brands Rethink Off-Premises Fulfillment
Chili’s Closes Delivery Test Kitchen as Brands Rethink Off-Premises Fulfillment
January 20, 2023  |  Restaurant Roundup

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...

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QSRs Face Do-or-Die Decisions Over Value Menus
QSRs Face Do-or-Die Decisions Over Value Menus
January 11, 2023  |  Restaurant innovation

Inflation is putting QSRs in a bind with menu pricing, with all options posing serious challenges. While some major brands are scaling back their value...

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Restaurant Roundup: Friendly’s to Open Fast-Casual Concept; Starbucks Reverses Course on Vax Mandate
Restaurant Roundup: Friendly’s to Open Fast-Casual Concept; Starbucks Reverses Course on Vax Mandate
January 21, 2022  |  Restaurant Roundup

With consumers’ digital ordering habits proving sticky almost two years after the initial outbreak of the pandemic, brands are readjusting to the new normal. Massachusetts-based,...

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Jack in the Box Acquisition Shows Value, Power of Drive-Thrus
Jack in the Box Acquisition Shows Value, Power of Drive-Thrus
December 06, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Jack in the Box is going all in on drive-thrus. The San Diego, California-based quick service restaurant (QSR) chain, which has over 2,200 restaurants across...

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Chick-fil-A Lawsuit Highlights Delivery Tensions; Del Taco Boosts Loyalty Engagement 
Chick-fil-A Lawsuit Highlights Delivery Tensions; Del Taco Boosts Loyalty Engagement 
October 15, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

With restaurants continuing to struggle under the steep fees that third-party delivery services charge, leading delivery services continuing to operate at a loss, and consumers...

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Restaurant Roundup: Wing Boss Goes Brick-and-Mortar, New F&B Subscription Services Launch
Restaurant Roundup: Wing Boss Goes Brick-and-Mortar, New F&B Subscription Services Launch
September 17, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

The ghost kitchens that emerged during the first year of the pandemic are reevaluating their relationship to physical space now that many consumers have shifted...

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The Great Meatless Migration In QSR
The Great Meatless Migration In QSR
May 03, 2019  |  Retail

Burger King made a lot waves about a month ago when it announced that, in cooperation with the vegan burger folks at Impossible Foods, it...

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