- McDonald's Considers Closing Restaurant Interiors Again
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, September 1, 2021
McDonald’s has instructed franchisees on steps to take to close indoor dini ...
- Trends: Where To Eat? 'At Home' Still Winning
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Sarah Mahoney - Thursday, September 2, 2021
"Home is where we eat most of our meals, whether we prepa ...
- Starbucks Workers Seek To Unionize Corporate Stores Amid Labor Squeeze
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Wednesday, September 1, 2021
While some Starbucks stores that are not corporately owned are unionized, no ...
- Shake Shack, Milk Bar Spin Up New Partnership
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Shake Shack is out to tantalize fans with two new Milk Bar-inspir ...
- Wendy's Expansion Includes Partnering With Walmart
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Wendy’s expansion includes limited brand extensions in Walmart units. The fast fo ...
- Wendy's Goes All In On Breakfast Ads, Ghost Kitchens
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Wendy's hopes to grow breakfast revenue by 30% in 2021-with a go ...
- Fancy That: Applebee's Ties New Campaign To Viral TikTok Video
Social Media Insider, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Song in video also happens to mention Applebee's, with the lyrics "fan ...
- McDonald's Joins Price-Fixing Suit As Chicken Industry Consolidates
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
"McDonald's distribution centers may have been victims of the purported conspiracy, unknowing ...
- Applebee's Taps TikTok's 'Fancy Like' Frenzy
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar is introducing a new ad campaign starri ...
- Grubhub Can't Deliver Profits With Caps On Delivery Fees
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Thursday, August 19, 2021
Management at Amsterdam-based Grubhub parent Just Eat Takeaway.com, which acquired the compa ...
- Subway Franchisees Call Foul On Megan Rapinoe's Olympics Gesture
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Some franchisees want the chain to pull any ads featuring the socc ...
- Restaurants Play Different Part: More Snacks, Lots of Leftovers
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, August 17, 2021
New data from the Hartman Group shows how America's restaurant tastes ke ...
- IHOP Tests Beer, Wine In New Mexico, San Diego
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Friday, August 13, 2021
IHOP is testing beer and wine at some New Mexico and S ...
- Dunkin' Gets Early Jump On 'Pumpkin Spice Season'
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Don’t blink, because fall (and pumpkin spice season) is right around t ...
- Testing, Testing: Will Plant-Based Foods Be A QSR Fixture Or Niche?
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Thursday, August 12, 2021
One analyst said they will "likely remain a niche category for so ...
- McDonald's Enlists Female Hip Hop Musician For Latest Promo
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, August 9, 2021
McDonald's new Saweetie Meal is the chain’s latest celebrity menu collaboration and i ...
- Subway Franchisees Not Fans Of Soccer Star
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, August 9, 2021
A group of Subway franchisees is pressuring HQ to give soccer Olympi ...
- Domino's Bashes 'Surprise' Delivery Fees With $50M Food Giveaway
QSR Insider, Steve Ellwanger - Tuesday, August 10, 2021
"Other delivery apps add surprise fees," says a Domino's worker in o ...
- Koch Foods Is Latest Poultry Provider Charged With Price Fixing
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Federal government indicted Illinois-based Koch Foods for allegedly rigging the price ...
- Church's Chicken Bought By Quiznos Owner
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Phyllis Fine - Monday, August 2, 2021
The 1,500- store Church’s Chicken chain has been sold to High Blu ...
- Alpha Foods Ribs Popeyes About Those Underperforming Roosters
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Alpha Foods is out to make the poultry skirmishes a little mo ...
- McDonald's Leverages Digital, Loyalty Rewards As Sales Rise
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Steve Ellwanger - Thursday, July 29, 2021
Q2 U.S. comparable-unit sales growth of 25.9% credited to menu price increase ...
- Football-Obsessed Bojangles Signs College QBs
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
In the South, college football is everything. Bojangles' Jackie Woodward, chief bra ...
- White Castle CMO's Ingredients For Breaking Barriers: Curiosity, Collaboration & Doing One's Homework
Brand Insider: Behind The Scenes, Lisa Singer - Thursday, July 22, 2021
"You act too smart." A male supervisor told White Castle CMO, Ly ...
- Panera Switches Catering Strategy For Hybrid Work Models
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Panera wants to be best work buds with a changing universe ...
- Subway Features Sports Icons In Creative
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, July 15, 2021
Subway is featuring Charles Barkley, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Megan Rapinoe a ...
- McCain Foods' Anthem For Restaurant Workers: 'Let's Fry'
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Thursday, July 15, 2021
"We leveraged a simple insight that back-of-the-house restaurant workers use music ...
- Little Caesars Tests Plant-Based 'Planteroni' Topping
Marketing Daily, Steve Ellwanger - Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Little Caesars is introducing plant-based pepperoni this week as a pizza toppi ...
- Doughnut Domination: America's Sweet Obsession Continues
QSR Insider, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Following Krispy Kreme's latest stock offering, QSR Land checks in with Mint ...
- Chipotle Latest Brand To Offer Vaccine Incentive
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Chipotle is the latest brand to offer an incentive for getting the COVID-19 vaccin ...