August 26, 2021
Revisiting the Burger King prohibition: [Unintended] Consequences & [Possible] Reconsideration?
By: Joshua Eveleigh (African Antitrust) On the 1 June 2021, the South African Competition Commission (SACC) released its media statement announcing the prohibition of ECP Africa’s proposed acquisition of Burger...
August 23, 2021
Taco Bell Restaurants Will Keep Getting Smaller, Says COO
The way that consumers interact with restaurants has changed enormously in the last year and a half, and restaurants that do not adapt to the “new normal” risk falling behind....
August 18, 2021
Subway Rolls With Personal Digitized Loyalty In Delicate Dance With...
Dining out is on the menu for many United States consumers once again. Overall restaurant sales nationwide jumped $70.6 billion in June, notching their third straight month of reaching an...
August 17, 2021
Digital Markets: The Challenges of National Enforcement in a Global...
The proliferation of measures across the globe designed to address concerns about the functioning of digital markets has been remarkable. In the last 18 months, a veritable patchwork of new...
August 10, 2021
Mobile Order-Ahead App Provider Ranking Feeds The Soul With Nourishing...
Whether or not lockdowns ever return, the cold weather definitely will — and with it, the desire to not leave the house and go buy the ingredients, make the meal...
July 30, 2021
Now Fully Loyalty-Enabled, RBI Sees Digital Sales Soar
As of its most recent quarter, following the June announcement of the launch of Popeyes Rewards, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the parent company of major quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains Burger...
July 30, 2021
Spending Rebound May Be On Shaky Ground
A spending rebound, yes — but the question is whether it will be sustainable, or whether the Delta variant will stop consumer sentiment, and the urge to keep buying now,...
July 29, 2021
Taco Bell Loyalty Program Increased Active Customers’ Spending By 35...
Yum! Brands’ digital investments are paying off. The company, parent of major quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, as well as fast-casual chain The Habit Burger...
July 28, 2021
McDonald’s Aims To Become McData As Digital Strategy Takes Center...
Companies evolve over the decades – they have to, in order to remain competitive. Often, technology becomes a key differentiator. And a motto for the quick-service restaurants (QSRs), for the marquee...