CENTENNIAL Colo. Given vast changes in the restaurant industry’s operating environment during the past year, operators now more than ever need to market to their existing customers and ensure a quality guest...
Starbucks Coffee, like many competitors, is trying to figure out social media and make it work from a business standpoint. But so far the 16,000-unit chain can boast some staggering numbers, including more than 1...
Starbucks Coffee, like many competitors, is trying to figure out social media and make it work from a business standpoint. But so far, the 16,000-unit chain can boast some staggering numbers, including more than 1...
OAK BROOK Ill. As mini-burgers pop up on a variety of quick-service menus, McDonald's is putting its own spin on the trend with tests of the Snack Wrap Mac, a downsized version of its signature Big Mac served in a...
Business was brisk Tuesday night at Brixx Ice Co., a sports bar in Dayton, Ohio, near the site of the first game of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. But general manager Christopher Bhai didn’t know whether the...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza chief executive David Brandon has stepped in front of the camera once again, this time to pound the pavement for the Big Taste Bailout promotion. The commercial, in which Brandon...
WILBRAHAM Mass. Friendly’s, a family-dining chain of more than 500 restaurants, said it would launch its Menu Madness promotion Monday and give kids a chance to “take over” its ice cream factory. ...
AUSTIN Texas Mama Fu’s Asian House has used direct marketing and e-mail to promote its concept from the beginning. Much of that advertising was sent to potential customers at their workplaces and offices, because, as...
Wis. PRAIRIE DU SAC Culver’s is ready for its close-up, and the quick-service chain announced its arrival late last month during the red-carpet festivities of the Academy Awards with its first-ever national TV...
Dairy Queen’s Sweet Deals value menu may be rolling out nationally just in time to fight the recession, but it’s hardly a knee-jerk reaction to economic pressure, according to officials. The chain began testing the...
