Restaurant Business

JULY 3, 2025

The sale comes just four years after Olo went public, and ends a difficult period on the public markets. Its core product is online ordering, but it has expanded into marketing and customer engagement as well as payment processing. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 15, 2025

Current market challenges mean it’s never been harder to operate a coffee business – and this includes marketing and branding. High and volatile green coffee prices , along with increasing operational costs, are creating a more competitive market. Print and offline marketing remain crucial tools.

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Restaurant Business

AUGUST 5, 2025

Yum executives blamed weakness at Habit on a soft consumer landscape but they did say that sales improved in June with new marketing. The company plans more marketing in the coming months to continue building on that momentum. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

Point of Sale

Restaurant Business

AUGUST 7, 2025

07, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Dutch Bros has thrived in recent quarters amid consumer enthusiasm for cold beverages. Drive-thru beverages are apparently immune to whatever is ailing the U.S. Dutch Bros, the Grants Pass, Oregon-based drive-thru beverage chain, on Wednesday said that its same-store sales rose 6.1%

Point of Sale

Restaurant Business

AUGUST 5, 2025

Menu Talk is a collaboration between Restaurant Business Senior Menu Editor Pat Cobe and Bret Thorn, senior food & beverage editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe on Spotify.

Catering

Restaurant Business

JULY 22, 2025

22, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Bret Thorn, senior food & beverage editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, visited Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort, which just opened two new concepts from restaurateur Stephen Starr. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

Loyalty Program

Restaurant Business

JUNE 20, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Premium Financing In the fast-food world, growth is coming from drinks and desserts The Bottom Line: The highest-growth quick-service chains cannot be found in traditional sectors but among coffee, beverage and dessert brands. Sign up here.

Delivery

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Huddle House will add drive-thrus as it moves into more urban and suburban markets. | But perhaps the brand’s most radical transformation was on the beverage side, where it has added modern sips like boba as well as craft cocktails, including frozen margaritas and mojitos. By Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

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ChowNow

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article, youll learn: How to break down your operating costs into fixed, variable, and semi-variable Smart ways to lower labor and food costs without sacrificing customer service Where hidden expenses are hiding in your tech stackand how to fix it Lets discover where your money is going, and how to take back control.

Operations

Restaurant Business

JUNE 27, 2025

That led to selling bagels at farmers markets. In fact, the beverage program was a bit of a fluke. and Bruegger’s, Jeff sees a world of opportunity for bagels made better, especially in markets he sees as “bagel deserts.” View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? We’d sell out.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 8, 2025

Domino’s Chief Marketing Officer Kate Trumbull said in a statement that there are 34 million potential combinations of one of the chain’s pizzas, effectively making this a discount on 34 million products, at least through Aug. The deals intensify a tradition of value marketing in the pizza business. Little Caesars is offering a $9.99

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Restaurant Business

JULY 22, 2025

Specifically, Brix plans to expand Friendly’s, an East Coast diner chain, into Southern markets including Georgia, the Carolinas and Texas. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Kohli plans to continue growing Brix’s restaurant network and will also look for more brands to acquire. Sign up here.

Franchising

Restaurant Business

JULY 29, 2025

The Farmstand as marketing tool Calling the made-to-order menu of value meals “Farmstand Fresh & Affordable” reinforces Farmer Boys’ farm-fresh roots. To amplify the message and promote the new boxes, the marketing team organizes events at select locations and sets up an actual farmstand filled with fresh produce. Sign up here.

Menu

Restaurant Business

JULY 28, 2025

Since then, the company said that it has generated 18 straight quarters of same-store sales growth, expanded into new markets, developed new products and launched a marketing cooperative with its franchisees. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Trending Operations Washington, D.C.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

They are popping up more often in conversations this year, and they point toward deeper trends in the restaurant tech market. The rise of this new model could require restaurant marketing departments to change how they develop campaigns and spend their digital ad dollars. This has led to a lot of half-baked products hitting the market.

Hiring

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Not quite yet An easy way to bring bold Korean flavors to modern menus From BBQ to beverages, menus are seeing a lot of action Food C-stores are stealing fast-food tactics. She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Sign up here.

Food

Restaurant Business

JULY 21, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Those aggregators have become vital for Domino’s market share, and other chains too. Trending Beverage Starbucks sets the 2025 release date for Pumpkin Spice Latte this summer Premium Technology Loyalty programs are growing.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

The three-unit chain has two more under construction in the Tampa Bay area, and another five to seven are planned in 2026, reaching the Orlando market. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? All are company owned and there are no plans to franchise. At Greenlane, there’s no dine-in service.

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Restaurant Business

AUGUST 8, 2025

That’s the lesson for Papa Johns, which under CEO Todd Penegor has returned much of its marketing focus on its core pizza product, rather than sides and sandwiches such as Papadias and Papa Bites. The company also shifted away from local marketing in a belief that national marketing was more efficient. Photo: Shutterstock.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

JUNE 23, 2025

Chains including Shake Shack, Paris Baguette, Nick the Greek and MilkShake Factory have recently rolled out shakes, sweets and beverages that riff on the classic Middle Eastern treat of chocolate, pistachio and the crisp shreds of phyllo dough known as kataifi. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

Bar

Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Premium Financing The market for restaurant chains is heating up The Bottom Line: A pair of firms are reportedly making a play for Papa Johns, and Bojangles is apparently on the market again.

Operations

Restaurant Business

JULY 22, 2025

It also spent a lot of time marketing and added new types of desserts such as pies and cakes to its lineup. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? The company responded to this the way any brand should: It slowed growth to a crawl and focused on improving unit volumes and profits.

Franchising

Restaurant Business

JUNE 6, 2025

She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? News Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 21, 2025

The company under former CEO Chidsey, whose job was to guide the company through a sale process, upgraded the menu, improved marketing and reorganized the corporate structure. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Those aggregators have become vital for Domino’s market share, and other chains too.

Loyalty Program

Restaurant Business

JUNE 24, 2025

As a side note, Chipotle’s value on those scores decline with additions like beverages or guacamole. The company’s real versus its perceived value could suggest marketing issues, for instance. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? But the chain’s customers can get a lot for their spending.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

C-store chain Yesway rolled out a Summer Sips promotion , with deals on Rockstar energy drinks and $1 off the chain’s new Buffalo Chicken Burrito with the purchase of a Honcho beverage. marketing retail News Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. Sign up here.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 25, 2025

Operators can capitalize on this trend by encouraging add-ons and unique beverages to compete with the growing number of specialty coffee and tea concepts. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? She provides in-depth coverage of chefs, trends and menu innovation.

Mobile Ordering

Restaurant Business

JUNE 12, 2025

The company plans to expand into more markets and expects to have thousands of bots on the ground by the end of the year, which it says will give it the largest autonomous vehicle fleet in the world. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Members help make our journalism possible. Sign up here.

Delivery

Restaurant Business

JULY 16, 2025

In the first week, Lime Fresh sold over 300 pizzas with no marketing, “which is pretty good for a taco stand,” said Pavano. Now the marketing push is on, and there’s a possibility of line extensions if the sales support that move. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips?

Menu

Restaurant Business

AUGUST 7, 2025

Then Kfoury plans to look to new markets, including possibly Florida, Texas, Chicago and the Washington, D.C. If you’re able to grow as company-owned, and you’re trying to look for tier-one markets that you can afford owning, why hand it over to someone who could ruin the brand at some point?” An interior of Naya in New York City.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 9, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? News menus Burgers Pat plans and executes menu, food and drink stories for Restaurant Business and hosts the weekly Menu Talk podcast. She provides in-depth coverage of chefs, trends and menu innovation. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 13, 2025

Photo: Shutterstock San Francisco-based delivery service DoorDash announced Friday that it has completed its purchase of SevenRooms, a New York-City-based reservations and marketing platform for restaurants. . View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? By Timothy Inklebarger and Joe Guszkowski on Jun.

Reservations

Restaurant Business

AUGUST 8, 2025

We all remember when there was a fro-yo shop on every corner back in the 2010s, but eventually the market got a bit saturated. View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? And Korean yogurt itself saw a 50% search increase. “We Sign up here. She provides in-depth coverage of chefs, trends and menu innovation.

Fast Casual

Restaurant Business

JUNE 25, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? News leadership Fast_Casual Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 18, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? Premium Financing In the fast-food world, growth is coming from drinks and desserts The Bottom Line: The highest-growth quick-service chains cannot be found in traditional sectors but among coffee, beverage and dessert brands.

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Restaurant Business

AUGUST 5, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? News leadership franchising Lisa Jennings is a veteran restaurant industry reporter and editor who covers the fast-casual sector, independent restaurants and emerging chain concepts. Get today’s need-to-know restaurant industry intelligence.

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Restaurant Business

JULY 15, 2025

View All Articles by This Author Want breaking news at your fingertips? News management casual_dining Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze is a longtime industry journalist who writes about restaurant finance, mergers and acquisitions and the economy, with a particular focus on quick-service restaurants.

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