Fsr news and trends

Consumer Satisfaction With Food Pricing at QSRs Falls Again
Consumer Insights // December 21, 2022

Inflation-weary consumers are growing increasingly disappointed with quick-service restaurants’ (QSRs) food pricing. By the Numbers Research from the latest edition of PYMNTS’ Digital Divide study, “The 2022 Restaurant Digital Divide: Restaurant Customers React to Rising Costs, Declining Service,” which drew from a census-balanced survey of...

Restaurants Seek to Balance Full-Service Flourishes With Digital Ease
Restaurant innovation // September 16, 2022

As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) rush to automate, their full-service restaurant (FSR) counterparts are forced to take a more nuanced view of innovation. While labor challenges demand some adoption of new technologies to make them run more efficiently, these restaurants are called upon to find the...

1 in 3 Restaurants Lowers Service Standard Amid Labor Challenges
Restaurant innovation // August 19, 2022

As restaurants’ labor challenges continue, many are passing the burden onto consumers, offering a lower quality of service. By the Numbers Research from the 2022 edition of PYMNTS’ Restaurant Readiness Index, created in collaboration with Paytronix, drew from a survey of more than 500 managers of...

Interviews & Exclusives
40% of First-Time Diners Try Independent Full-Service Restaurants

December 29, 2022
When trying out new eateries, consumers flock to independent full-service restaurants (FSRs). For the November edition of PYMNTS’ Restaurant Digital Divide study, “The 2022 Restaurant Digital Divide: Turning First-Time Diners Into Loyal Customers,” we surveyed 2,256 United States consumers in October about their habits around trying out new restaurants. What we found is that consumers […]