Fast casual eatery Cava is reportedly set to begin promoting its initial public offering (IPO). Executives from the Mediterranean-themed restaurant chain plan to begin a roadshow to attract investors as soon as Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (June 4). The report, citing people familiar with the matter,...
Casual dining brands are realizing on-premises is no longer enough to retain today’s consumers’ loyalty. In recent months, leaders in the category have been emphasizing growth in their digital businesses. For instance, Brinker International, parent company of Chili’s Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy,...
The drive-thru, which captured 70 percent of quick service restaurants’ (QSRs’) total sales in 2018, has become a critical focal point as dine-in seating areas are closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. To seize the opportunity to boost revenues and loyalty during this...
Keeping multiple restaurant locations well-supplied with ingredients requires precise understandings of different venues’ needs and careful logistics coordination. Inability to track and predict inventory usage can result in shortages that are detrimental to the customer experience, say co-founders Anjou Ahlborn Kay and Sebastiaan van de...
August 01, 2019
Restaurant operators are waking up to the fact that they need to bring more digital and mobile oomph to their operations, lest they lose customers or fail to gain new ones in one of the most fiercely competitive fields of retail out there. But desiring innovation is one thing; making it work in such a […]
February 23, 2018
Getting customers through restaurants’ doors and getting restaurants through customers’ doors are two very different things. One can lead a business to succeed, even thrive, while the other can spell...
July 11, 2017
Nobody likes getting cold food delivered to their restaurant table. Wait staff do the best they can, but it’s not always easy to find the customer who ordered a meal;...
June 21, 2017
Have you heard of Uncle Maddio’s Pizza? If not, it’s only a matter of time. The Atlanta-based fast casual, create-your-own pizza restaurant is looking to quadruple its presence, developing 150...
August 21, 2023
Sweetgreen has reportedly hired two former Chipotle executives to help with its Midwest expansion. Company officials told The Wall Street Journal Monday (Aug. 21) that it had named Michael Kotick, who had been Chipotle’s senior director of marketing, as its head of marketing, and Chad Brauze, previously of Chipotle and Burger King, as its head of culinary. The new hires are […]
June 04, 2023
Fast casual eatery Cava is reportedly set to begin promoting its initial public offering (IPO). Executives from the Mediterranean-themed restaurant chain plan to begin a roadshow to attract investors as soon as...
February 23, 2018
Subway announced it is launching a new loyalty program that will offer its customers tokens that eventually mature into dollars. Subway MyWay Rewards will officially launch next month in the...
November 29, 2017
Fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced it is searching for a new chief executive officer. News reports from CNBC said Wednesday the company had formed a committee tasked with finding...
