Content about cellular telephone

September 8, 2011
Bruegger’s tests new sandwiches with giveaway
Bruegger's uses social media to give away food
April 14, 2011
Biryani and mangoes in Hyderabad
Searching for the iconic rice dish and yellow-fleshed fruit
April 4, 2011
Quick-service plays to the fans
Chains tap into the proven spending power of their most loyal diners
January 26, 2011
Qdoba updates loyalty program
Changes give users more ways besides a loyalty card to earn and redeem points
December 13, 2010
McDonald's customer data hacked
Stolen information included e-mails and phone numbers
December 7, 2010
Online shoppers favor restaurant gift cards
Restaurant gift cards to out-sell other types, survey finds
October 18, 2010
Culver's launches mobile marketing program
Chain develops iPhone app and text-message campaign
October 3, 2010
Fred DeLuca stays hands-on at Subway
Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca is not at home for a scheduled interview. A reporter waits five minutes, calls DeLuca’s cell phone and receives a sincere apology for his tardiness; a morning meeting with franchisees ran longer than expected, and it’s not finished.

June 30, 2010
Restaurants tap into text messaging
While using mobile apps to reach customers is gaining popularity among restaurant operators, some also are finding the cell phone text message an optimum way to reach their younger employees.
June 17, 2010
Obama talks small business with Buffalo Wild Wings franchisees

When Buffalo Wild Wings franchisee Bobby Pancake received a call from the White House on his cell phone, he didn’t recognize the number so he let it go into voice mail.

Upon returning the call, however, he swiftly discovered that he and Steve Wheat, his partner in High 5 LLC, a six-unit franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings based in Bear, Del., would get to meet with President Barack Obama the next day to discuss the state of restaurants and other small businesses.

March 8, 2010
Foragers track down hard-to-source ingredients
There’s a farmer in New Jersey who grows remarkable heritage varieties of cranberries. Johanna Kolodny...
March 7, 2010
Checking in with Tristan Walker of Foursquare
Restaurant owners worried that they can’t keep up with the proliferation of new location-based social-media...
March 7, 2010
Search party
There’s a farmer in New Jersey who grows remarkable heritage varieties of cranberries. Johanna Kolodny...
March 7, 2010
Turn on, check in, eat out
Check out what your customers are using to “check in.”...
December 13, 2009
Quick-service operators count on couponing
After years of using six direct-mail coupon drops per year to drive customers in when...
October 4, 2009
Buyer’s market
Marketers have been asking for months which is the best method for reaching customers: broadcast...
June 28, 2009
RFID chips turn cell phones into coupons
A new mobile-marketing tool in use in several central Indiana restaurants is changing the way...
May 17, 2009
Electronic loyalty tools punch out paper cards
Moe’s Southwest Grill franchisee Neil Solomon was tired of being ripped off by customers redeeming...
April 26, 2009
Brands say employees atwitter for social sites
Jeffery Adler, founder of the seven-unit Dlush Beverage Joint chain in San Diego, recently turned...
April 21, 2009
Howard Schultz interested in Shake Shack?
NEW YORK A representative for restaurateur Danny Meyer did not deny a blog report suggesting...
March 22, 2009
Consumer spending plunges in early March
PRINCETON N.J. Restaurateurs looking for signs of an economic recovery will not see it in...
March 22, 2009
Keeping an “i”on technology’s user numbers and promotional potential
Shake your average cell phone, and the best thing that will happen is that it...
March 1, 2009
Operators should be losing sleep over the ‘Clockless’ movement
For the past few years I have been touting the moving trend of people operating...
March 1, 2009
Restaurants aim to boost sales with mobile apps
To enhance sales and service—and generate consumer buzz—operators in several segments are exploring bring-your-own-technology initiatives...
February 19, 2009
Twitter promo sparks couponing at Costa Vida
SALT LAKE CITY Costa Vida said a one-day-only, free-burrito offer to 80 “fans” on...
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