Erin Dostal

Associate Editor , Nation's Restaurant News

Erin Dostal covers the Southeast U.S. at Nation’s Restaurant News. She previously worked at Direct Marketing News where she covered trends in database marketing and e-commerce. Prior to moving to New York in 2011, she was a reporter at Las Vegas Sun and a launching editor of VEGAS INC, a business magazine covering the largest industries in Southern Nevada: tourism, gaming, entertainment, real estate and—of course—restaurants. She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University.

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Donuts are the new cupcakes

Aug 14, 2013

When I was visiting her a few weeks ago, my friend Jackie asked: Why aren’t donuts more popular than cupcakes? Jackie is passionate about her sweets, and she’s been known to down a cupcake or three. But why ar...

Popeyes Co-Branding Success

Jul 17, 2013

For the second year running, Popeyes is offering its Zatarain’s Butterfly Shrimp, a limited-time offer the Atlanta-based fried-chicken chain claims has been a big co-branding success. “First of all, it doesn’t...