QSRs

Restaurants Use Tasty Offers and Cloud Tech to Tempt More App Downloads
Restaurants Use Tasty Offers and Cloud Tech to Tempt More App Downloads
October 12, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

“The takeaway close” is a familiar tactic to marketers, leveraging fear of missing out (FOMO), along with perceptions of scarcity, to impel consumer behavior. It goes like this: brands tempt with items or services,...

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Restaurants Remain Optimistic About Economic Recovery, Despite Consumer Hesitance
Restaurants Remain Optimistic About Economic Recovery, Despite Consumer Hesitance
October 11, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Restaurant recovery has not been the straight line upward that operators had hoped for. After a devastating 2020, the industry enjoyed a period of optimism...

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The Pandemic Has Made Restaurants’ Corporate Offices More Open to Franchisees’ Digital Efforts
The Pandemic Has Made Restaurants’ Corporate Offices More Open to Franchisees’ Digital Efforts
October 11, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Across corporate communications, since the start of the pandemic, restaurants’ c-suite executives have been emphasizing a narrative of collaborations with their franchisees through this difficult...

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Chipotle Mexican Grill on the Increased Access to Debit and Digital Payments Opportunity
Chipotle Mexican Grill on the Increased Access to Debit and Digital Payments Opportunity
October 11, 2021  |  Next-Gen Debit

For restaurants, innovating the debit payment experience is not just an opportunity, it’s becoming a necessity. In the Next-Gen Debit Payments Tracker, Nicole West, vice...

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C-Stores Face Looming Problem With Lack of Drive-Thrus and Curbside Pickup
C-Stores Face Looming Problem With Lack of Drive-Thrus and Curbside Pickup
October 08, 2021  |  Retail

Aiming to meet so many of consumers’ routine needs, the convenience store model is something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, this mission...

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Jamba Takes Advantage of Self-Service Demand to Ease Labor Challenges with Robotic Kiosks
Jamba Takes Advantage of Self-Service Demand to Ease Labor Challenges with Robotic Kiosks
October 06, 2021  |  ResTech

Robots are stepping in to fill the holes left by the restaurant industry’s labor shortage. On Wednesday (Oct. 6), Jamba (nee Jamba Juice) announced the...

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Deep Dive: How Restaurant Loyalty Programs Can Engage Customers and Grow Sales
Deep Dive: How Restaurant Loyalty Programs Can Engage Customers and Grow Sales
October 04, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Loyalty programs, long a mainstay of the restaurant industry, made major inroads as the pandemic’s economic consequences spurred consumers to be more careful about their...

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Sunday CEO Says QR Code Payments End Game is Making Cost of Payments Free for Restaurants
Sunday CEO Says QR Code Payments End Game is Making Cost of Payments Free for...
October 04, 2021  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to consumer payments, table-service restaurants are far behind their own industry and many others too. Simply put, restaurant payments often look and...

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Dine-In Dealt Another Deathblow as QSRs Revert to Digital Ordering vs Policing Vax Mandates
Dine-In Dealt Another Deathblow as QSRs Revert to Digital Ordering vs Policing Vax Mandates
October 01, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Once again, restaurants are closing their dining rooms for virus-related reasons, though this time it is not out of fear of transmission — it is...

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