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Pizza Hut Bets More Drivers and Better Algorithms Will Help Business

7 years ago

This strategy is in direct opposition to the one we've seen from other fast-food chains who work alongside existing delivery services. Delivery is Pizza Hut's bread-and-butter, though, so make sense for them to work to control the entire process.

Bobby Flay Burger Chain IPO Plans Highlight the Market’s Disinterest

7 years ago

Easy (bad) pun: This IPO tastes undercooked.

Chipotle Forced to Close Store Due to Outbreak

7 years ago

The Virginia store's closure is likely due to norovirus, not foodborne illness. Still, Chipotle's past continues to haunt it, and it's likely the chain will have to contend with this as long as it exists.

Visa Offers Restaurants $10K to Go Cashless

7 years ago

Going cashless can reduce the burden on restaurants and their employees — it certainly saves time. But now that credit card companies are lobbying for the change it feels less about consumer convenience and more about capitalism.

Restaurants Know They Don’t Market Enough, Survey Finds

7 years ago

A focus on restaurant marketing can take a business to the next level, but according to this survey, most restaurants don't have the time — though they wish they did. One solution: building paid tools for restaurants to take best advantage of your platform in the least time possible.

Subway Unveils a Fresher Look and More Tech at Its Stores

7 years ago

Subway has the most US locations of any chain restaurant, so a remodel of this magnitude will take years to roll out. Great effort by the sandwich chain, but it might be too late to come back.

McDonald’s Pulls out All the Stops, But Visits Still Declining

7 years ago

All of the recent changes McDonald's has made — delivery, digital ordering, and sustainable ingredient sourcing — won't matter if they can't get diners to come to the restaurants.

Baskin-Robbins Takes on Messy Job of U.S. Ice Cream Delivery

7 years ago

This sort of feels like extreme food delivery, doesn't it? Deliver before it melts!

Tim Hortons Operators Worry Chain Is Losing Its Canadian Culture

7 years ago

It's too bad Tim Horton's parent company, Restaurant Brands International, is instituting thee changes because you really can't buy this type of positive brand association.

New York Delivery-Only Restaurant, Ando, Has a Renewed Focus on its Food

7 years ago