November 03, 2022
Burger King Adds Drive-Thrus Despite Hazy Future of the Channel
Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands International says it plans to sharply increase its drive-thrus in a bid to boost sales. In speaking with analysts Thursday (Nov. 3) about its third-quarter financial results,...
November 02, 2022
Major Restaurant Brands Grapple With Reliance on Aggregators
While the best-case scenario for restaurants might involve all of their sales coming through their own direct ordering channels, ongoing labor challenges often make it so that the pros outweigh...
October 31, 2022
Hooters Adds 196 Virtual Locations to Drive New Sales
With Hooters’ latest launch, the restaurant chain is taking its customers at their word when they say they come for the food. The brand, which has more than 400 restaurants...
October 21, 2022
Restaurant Powerhouses Turn Focus to Cult Sweet Treats Brands
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant McDonald’s is looking to drive sales by teaming up with sweet treat brand Krispy Kreme, exploring selling the latter’s donuts at its restaurants. The QSR chain...
October 15, 2022
3 Food Trends That’ll Never Be the Same
You could call it the rise of the super-duper market, but however you choose to frame it, the proposed tie-up between Kroger and Albertsons is poised to rock the grocery...
October 12, 2022
Designing a Cooperation Framework for Regulating Competition in Digital Markets...
Competition agencies should build on the existing and successful case-by-case cooperation framework used in assessing mergers that are notified in multiple jurisdictions and develop similar working practices when regulating competition...
October 11, 2022
Protecting Kids From Metaverse Marketing Is No Game
Regulators in the U.S., the U.K. and the EU have each recently called for a crackdown on digital ads targeting kids, blaming big tech for not doing enough to prevent...
October 11, 2022
The Three Things That Make a Good Fast Food Drive-Thru...
As restaurants’ labor challenges continue, putting pressure on both table service and delivery businesses, many eateries are turning to drive-thrus to drive sales and boost margins. In fact, even those...
October 10, 2022
EMEA Daily: BofA Extends ‘Pay by Bank’ to Euro Payments
In today’s Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Bank of America extended its “Pay by Bank” offering in Europe and Majid Al Futtaim launched a new rewards solution...