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Chains

Pizza Hut Enters the Fast-Food Price War With $5 Menu

5 years ago

Whether it's airlines or restaurants, nobody ever really wins a price war. You just make consumers think food is cheaper than it is, and make it difficult to raise prices when necessary.

Food

Blackberry Farms’ New Resort Trades Gluttony for Wellness

5 years ago

When it comes to resort food "wellness" is usually a tip off that you will not eat well. We look forward to this next wave of good, healthy food that's informed by a kitchen that knows what a sinful meal tastes like.

Tech

SevenRooms Is Building an Alexa Skill for Restaurant Operators

5 years ago

Amazon's Alexa has already proven its value to consumers at home, but integrating voice technology into front of house restaurant operations could be a true time-saver for busy staff.

Tech

OpenTable Unveils Centralized Reservations for Restaurant Groups

5 years ago

At this point, group-level features are table stakes for reservations companies and are a huge part of winning the all-important group contracts.

Marketing

100,000 Instagram Followers Gets You Free Sushi in Milan

5 years ago

On one hand, this is ridiculous and we'd never want to eat here. On the other, it saves them all the trouble of saying "no" to most of the many, many faux influencers preying on restaurants for freebies.

Chains

Domino’s Claims Confidence as Rivals Stumble

5 years ago

Domino's isn't so much a pizza company as a delivery and technology juggernaut, and that's allowing it to sidestep a lot of the industry's operational issues.

Tech

Uber Eats Is Worth as Much as $20 Billion in Proposed Valuation

5 years ago

Uber sees value in multiple business lines that take advantage of its technology, insights, and brand. But Uber Eats is a big business on its own by any measurement.

Tech

China’s Restaurant Delivery Boom Is Not Sustainable

5 years ago

As in the U.S., Chinese delivery services depend on two things that aren't sustainable: outside money and a labor pool that's too tenuous to be stable.

Food

Plant-Based Menus Can Help Slow Global Climate Change

5 years ago

From innovative meat substitutes to veg-centric chains, consumers in markets that eat the most meat have never had so many non-meat options to choose from.

Operations

Restaurants Drag Down U.S. Consumer Spending Numbers in September

5 years ago

Restaurants fall behind retail as consumers decide to spend more on the latter and less on eating out last month.

Chains

Wendy’s Marketing Formula: ‘Know Your Brand Better Than Anyone Else’

5 years ago

The best way to copy Wendy's marketing success: don't. Find your own brand voice, sharpen it up, and be willing to get controversial.

Design

Interview: Better Restaurant Design Through Better Collaboration

5 years ago

Having a design team that really understands the business of restaurants, in addition to having a keen eye, is key to any successful partnership.