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MARCH 28, 2025

With escalating costs, persistent labor challenges, and operational inefficiencies eating into already thin margins, restaurant brandsparticularly enterprise fast casual and QSR chainsneed solutions that deliver immediate value and impact. Employing 15.5 Watch the full AWS re:Invent presentation on revolutionizing Edge computing here.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

Launched in 2022, it is the fastest-growing retail media network in history, according to the company. Founded in 2022 by former Google and Microsoft executive Bashar Kachachi, Symbiosys uses retailers’ data to buy and target digital ads. Last year, ads became a $1 billion annual business for DoorDash, the company revealed Wednesday.

Advertising

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Within QSRs, fast-casual restaurants led the way, growing transactions by 2 percent in March. State of the Plate Olive Garden is the most popular casual dining restaurant with Americans in 2025, with 19 percent having dined at the Italian-themed restaurant in the past 90 days, according to a new report from YouGov.

Reservations

7 Shifts

JUNE 1, 2022

With more than 30 speakers and 800 attendees at the 2022 event, the Food Marketing Conference - hosted by Western Michigan University - is the event for restaurateurs hoping to spread the word of their business to the right audiences in the most cost-effective ways. In-Person or Virtual: Both ( In 2022 ). Food Marketing Conference.

2022

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Table of Contents Biggest overall team management challenges Top priorities for restaurant operators Wage Increases Leadership and Training Programs Hiring and retention remain the biggest challenge for restaurants when it comes to team management overall. That’s why we evaluated restaurant employee retention data in 2022.

2023

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2022

And a great team can only thrive under outstanding leadership. their leadership sees team management as their greatest responsibility. With that team, they've built a brand of 11 locations serving fresh, fast, and healthy food to the Atlanta metro area. Leadership encourages staff to leave more feedback often.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Adding to the 20 Noodles & Company locations in the metro Chicago market, the ghost kitchen will help reach a new customer base through its digital channels and give the fast-casual brand a presence in-between local locations. "We're flip'd by IHOP. Grab-and-go salads and wraps, freshly baked goods and more.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

The new model will launch in 2022 and enables the company to advance work-life-balance for employees, while enhancing the workability and connectivity of the Restaurant Support Center teams. Founded in 2006, Just Salad is the fast-casual restaurant industry’s leading proponent of zero-waste practices.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Highlights from this year’s study, which surveyed more than 1,100 consumers in November of 2023, included: Gift Card Spend Returning to Normal – Consumers said that gift card spending is bouncing back, with 69 percent of consumers purchasing the same amount of gift cards or more in 2023 compared to 2022. percent in 2023.

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches is ranked #12 on Fast Casual’s Movers and Shakers 2021 list. ” Goldberg has plans to add 15 new locations for Bangin’ Buns by the end of 2022. 2022 is already shaping up to add another 50%-plus growth to a rapidly expanding success story. Orange County, Calif.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

” Creating Multi-Brand Platform of Premium Casual Restaurant Concepts. It started with an overhaul of existing branding, packaging and restaurant design for its national franchise stores and then followed with the recruitment of a seasoned senior leadership team. BurgerFi International Inc. ” Popeyes to Grow in Romania.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The fast-casual brand continues to grow amid the pandemic and is on track to open more than 30 restaurants this year. The program’s goal is to create 100 Black-owned franchise restaurants by the end of 2022 and to continue growing that number. With drive-thru equipped buildouts as low as 1,200 sq. Holsom by Yogurtland.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

Despite the lagging global pandemic, the organic fast-casual brand is surging forward with record-breaking sales, franchise development growth, and new guest acquisition and satisfaction. The first of the three new restaurants is slated to open in Jacksonville in spring of 2022.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

“Both full-service and fast food restaurant customers are skewing a bit more toward higher income levels and college graduates,” says Forrest Morgeson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Michigan State University and Director of Research Emeritus at the ACSI. Chains affected include McDonald’s (visits down ~2.5

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

The transaction marks the addition of the first fast-casual concept to Yum! “The Habit Burger Grill is a sweet spot within fast-casual because of its delicious California-inspired menu with premium ingredients at a QSR-like value, strong unit economics and tremendous untapped growth potential in the U.S.

Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

The majority of fast-casual and fine dining operators are meeting this challenge head-on by adding new offerings monthly,* driving increased competition with bar-and-grill operators. GFCO companies will have until 2022 to completely adopt the new mark on packaging.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Continuing under the leadership of VP of Franchise Development, Shannon Swenson, Dave’s Hot Chicken has expanded its reach across the country with new deals signed in several key markets. “The business is doing incredible things through its careful selection of vetted franchise owners and fast, but strategic, growth.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2021

We’re excited to open our first restaurants near our headquarters in west Michigan in 2022.” This month, Vitality Bowls also announced the addition of John Mascali to its leadership team. . “We are excited about the Mexican restaurant segment and the Bigger, Bolder, Better direction of the brand. & Canada.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

“While this 2020 required us to pivot, we’ve been able to stay focused on maintaining our position as the fastest growing fast casual brand,” said Swenson, who joined Dave’s Hot Chicken at the tail-end of 2019. ” Naf Naf Expands in Dallas Area. . " Pielogy Expands in Ohio. Saladworks in 2020.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

by 2022 through Starbucks first supply chain Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with a solar farm in Virginia. Seven i fast casual restaurants will begin offering Tractor Beverage Company's Certified Organic, Non-GMO and All-Natural beverages. Tractor Adds Pouring Partners.

Webinar

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Under Barb’s leadership, TSFR’s Del Taco restaurants consistently broke system wide sales records and TSFR was named franchisee of the year two years in a row. These changes go into effect in October for the launch of the 2022 call for entry period. Barb also served on the Operations Advisory Committee for Del Taco.

Food

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

” Fast-Craft Restaurant Concept Set to Have 50 Locations Open by the End of 2022. Today, Chick’nCone has 24 locations open and operating throughout the United States, Canada and the United Arab Emirates, with plans to have 50 locations open by the end of 2022. Donato's to Expand in the Carolinas.

Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Greek from Greece (gfg) Café, the authentic Greek fast casual phenomenon, recently opened its fifth New York location at 100 Purchase Street in Rye. “Gfg is the leading brand in the Greek fast-casual cuisine, but it also has innumerable benefits for franchisees,” said Dan Rowe, CEO of Fransmart.

Franchise

Blue Orbit Restaurant Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The … Happy New Year: 2022 Restaurant Trends Read More ». The post Happy New Year: 2022 Restaurant Trends first appeared on Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting. Finally, all the opinion surveys and all the data collection are starting to give us enough information to plot a path forward.

2022

Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2022

Same-store traffic experienced negative YoY growth for the five-month period ending in July 2022. July’s top performing segments based on sales growth were Family Dining and Fast Casual. The industry’s worst performing segments – those posting negative YoY same-store sales growth – were Casual Dining and Fine Dining.

Fast Casual

The Restaurant Times

JULY 6, 2023

Today, David is responsible for all aspects of franchise development and operations for Capriotti’s, scaling a recently acquired fast-casual concept Wing Zone to new heights. Capriotti’s has received numerous awards, including the Franchise Innovation 2020 Award and being named in the Top 100 Movers and Shakers by Fast Casual.

Franchise

Gourmet Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2021

Richard Stockinger, the Fiesta Group President, and Chief Executive Officer stated, “We made the strategic decision to sell the Taco Cabana business to allow our leadership team to focus completely on accelerating Pollo growth, and we are very excited about the tremendous growth opportunities we have for the Pollo Tropical business.”

2021

Aaron Allen & Associates

MAY 3, 2024

We took a look at a sample of companies with new members in their leadership teams, and found that more than half of the replacements were for the CEO. IPO market has slowed down in the last couple of years: 2022 and 2023 saw the lowest numbers for companies going public in the last decade.

Fast Casual

Black Box Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2022

Same-store traffic experienced negative YoY growth for the five-month period ending in July 2022. July’s top performing segments based on sales growth were Family Dining and Fast Casual. The industry’s worst performing segments – those posting negative YoY same-store sales growth – were Casual Dining and Fine Dining.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

APRIL 10, 2023

A weak stock market and shifts in performance incentives resulted in a smaller compensation package, despite the fast-casual chain's stellar results.

Fast Casual