Social media — it’s not just for sharing information, bragging about killer meals or dropping special offers any more. Foodservice companies are using Twitter, Facebook, foursquare, Yelp and other social platforms for everything from...
DENVER Smashburger has expanded chairman David Prokupek’s role to include chief executive duties and added three outside directors to its board for greater functional expertise, the fast-casual chain said. New to the board of Denver-based...
Many of the technologies that will be most meaningful to foodservice operators in the months ahead are transformational in nature and will reshape the way they deal with guests and employees, speakers told attendees at the recent 15th...
Check out what your customers are using to “check in.”Location-based social media, led by the buzz-generating platform Foursquare and the Gowalla application for Android-powered smart phones, as well as Urban Spoon and Twiddish, are “definitely...
Restaurant owners worried that they can’t keep up with the proliferation of new location-based social-media platforms need not despair. Those applications are set up to complement restaurants’ current social-media and digital-marketing efforts...
During what’s become a three-year segmentwide sales slump, casual-dining operators have tried just about everything to spur sales, from discounts and bundled meals to two-for-ones and freebies. To keep the lights on, many also have cut operational...
MINNETONKA Minn. Famous Dave’s of America Inc. was awarded seven of nine restaurants owned by a bankrupt franchisee upon completion of a $6.8 million “stalking horse” bid it submitted last December...
