Full Service Restaurant 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...

E la Carte Launches New Payment Terminal That Supports Apple Pay
Payment Methods // March 15, 2017

E la Carte, the maker of the pay-at-the-table Presto System for the full-service restaurant industry, announced Tuesday (March 14) the launch of PrestoPrime EMV Terminal. In a press release, E la Carte said the new terminal has the highest levels of security available built in...

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 […]

Quick Reads
E la Carte Launches New Payment Terminal That Supports Apple Pay

March 15, 2017
E la Carte, the maker of the pay-at-the-table Presto System for the full-service restaurant industry, announced Tuesday (March 14) the launch of PrestoPrime EMV Terminal. In a press release, E la Carte said the new terminal has the highest levels of security available built in along with future-proof capability and ease of use. The new […]