Emily Hunt is on the Partnerships and Growth team at VOX Funding. She previously covered the QSR, hospitality, and travel ...

Mo Batran is the CEO and co-founder of xMap, a geospatial AI platform that helps QSR chains and retailers make smarter location decisions using natural language queries, predictive foot traffic, and ...

The Rock Wood Fired Pizza has closed all but two of its locations. In a social media post, the company thanked its customers for “30 incredible years,” writing: “… We’ve made the difficult decision to ...

Popeyes rolled out new Chicken Dippers in July, accompanied by a new signature sauce, and a Pickles Menu in April, and the promotions generated plenty of buzz and trial. What they didn’t drive, ...

Relentlessly high menu prices coupled with macroeconomic pressures have been a major narrative for well over a year now, driving a decline in traffic and frequency across most restaurant segments. A ...

Bloomin’ Brands Inc. quietly closed several restaurants this past weekend, according to local news reports. The company that operates Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, and ...

Angela Diffly is Director of Restaurant Digital and Technology Capabilities at The Coca-Cola Company.

The Consumer Price Index for September, announced Friday, shows that inflation rose 0.3% month-over-month and 3% year-over-year. The CPI reading is at its highest level since January but fell below ...

A turf war between Big Boy operators appears to be over for now. Big Boy Restaurant Group said it plans to close six stores in Cincinnati amid a restraining order from rival Frisch’s Big Boy. Frisch’s ...

Third quarter earnings calls kick off in earnest next week and how they’re going to go is really anyone’s guess. It’s been a strange and rather unpredictable year so far — one that started with a ...

Back when digital ordering was in its nascent stages of popularity, operators began experimenting with social media ordering. From 2016-2020, brands like Subway, Chipotle, and Papa Johns debuted ...

At the center of Domino’s World Resource Center — tucked within a half-mile-long building on the outskirts of Ann Arbor, Mich., called Domino’s Farms Office Park — a cylindrical atrium pierces four ...