A mid the deepest economic slowdown since the Great Depression, restaurant franchisors are enhancing or developing programs to broaden their franchisee bases as a means to grow business. Franchisors as diverse as KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino...
From Oct. 4-7 MUFSO 2009 will celebrate its golden anniversary, marking five decades of Multiunit Foodservice Operators conferences. The upcoming MUFSO in Dallas truly will be a celebration of this important industry event. But more important it...
Smaller restaurant chains seem to have found the formula for competing successfully against larger, national rivals, who continue to struggle to differentiate themselves from one another, according to two recent brand studies.The highest customer...
If you can’t remember who Bad Andy was, you’re probably the type of person who can’t recall The Mad Dr. Cravin.Perhaps you remember the Noid. If not, you can easily find the Noid—seemingly a cult classic—on numerous websites.All three are...
ANN ARBOR MICH. —Customer satisfaction with the average quick-service meal failed to grow in the past year, and most leading brands lag the sector’s overall rating, according to a closely watched annual study from the University of...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Quick-service chains failed to boost customers' satisfaction with the sector during the past year, with public contentment stagnating at the same level ascribed to hospitals, according to a study by the University of Michigan. ...
Revamping, revitalizing and re-energizing are the watchwords of family-dining establishments working to keep a vice-like grip on their core customers—families with kids in tow.With increasing competition from fast feeders offering beefed up...
DALLAS Pizza Patron, operator or franchisor of 60 pizzerias serving the Latino market, said fourth-quarter same-store sales surged on average 34.6 percent over the same period of a year earlier. The increase in sales was driven by its ...
