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Loyalty Is the Answer to Tim Hortons’ Sales Woes

5 years ago

A new loyalty program offers Tim Hortons an opportunity to learn more about its customers. What the program means for the chain's overall sales will soon be determined.

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Restaurant Brands International Knows Popeyes Can Do Better

5 years ago

Sure, RBI can — and should — have high hopes for the company's growth, but Popeyes has a long way to go before it competes on Burger King's level.

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Coffee Chains Rush to Find Plastic Cup Alternatives

5 years ago

Government officials have steadily increased efforts to crack down on chains' dependence on single-use plastics. To their credit, companies saw this coming, but solutions to the global problem just haven't been good enough.

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Burger King to Launch Impossible Whoppers Nationwide

5 years ago

Your move, McDonald's.

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Outback’s Parent Is Very Happy With Its Delivery Business

5 years ago

Outback Steakhouse is proof proprietary delivery can be done, if the commitment is there.

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Grubhub CEO to Rivals: You Can’t Win

5 years ago

Egregious, repulsive, dumb: These are just a few of the words CEO Matt Maloney used to describe his competition’s practices, even as he argued that Grubhub is significantly better positioned to succeed long term.

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Starbucks Remains Full Steam Ahead on Loyalty and Delivery

5 years ago

Once again, Starbucks quieted naysayers wondering if the company can withstand the pressure from market rivals. Long-term success is now pinned to its ever-growing digital prowess.

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Chipotle Still Plagued by Customer Illness

5 years ago

Remember that food illness outbreak at that one restaurant in Ohio last summer? It's coming back to bite the company again.

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Chipotle Just Doubled Its Digital Sales

5 years ago

It's a good thing Chipotle didn't take a wait-and-see approach to digital innovation.

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Domino’s Sales Plagued by Aggressive Third-Party Delivery Advertising

5 years ago

We definitely expected Domino’s fortressing strategy to have a negative impact on sales, but the adverse effect from third-party delivery advertising is a new development.

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McDonald’s Knows How Much Uber Eats Needs Its Business

5 years ago

If Uber's IPO filing made anything clear, it's that Uber Eats relies on its chain partnerships to survive. The McDonald's partnership is critical to Uber's success as a public company — and they know it.

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Marketing Is Not Enough For Luckin Coffee to Dethrone Starbucks in China

5 years ago

Luckin Coffee's current business model is not sustainable. And at a certain point, the investor funding has to stop flowing if nothing changes.