Kitchen Innovations Awards The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, the foodservice industry’s premier event, today announced the 20 recipients of the 2023 Kitchen Innovations (KI) Awards. Each year, the KI Awards program recognizes the year’s most forward-thinking and cutting-edge kitchen equipment and product innovations that meaningfully improve foodservice operations. The National Restaurant Association Show… read more

More Restaurants Embrace Subscription Model to Drive Revenue and Retain Customers Restaurants are turning to subscription models to ensure steady revenue and customer visits. The move is industry-wide, too, with large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang’s and local eateries experimenting with different subscription perks and benefits. As the Associated Press reports, subscriptions work as… read more

McDonald’s and KFC just updated their apps to encourage order-ahead business and offer digital exclusive deals, respectively. Several companies are hinting at more updates to come . . . . Restaurant brands update their apps to attract value-and-convenience-seeking consumers McDonald’s has upgraded its app to encourage mobile order-ahead business. The company sent an update this… read more

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT TO REMEMBER IS TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY. In today’s world, a company’s success is increasingly defined by its ability to meet the “triple bottom line”— concurrently serving the needs of people, planet, and profit. This is no small task, especially for food service providers that must ensure food… read more

The coffee chain is launching a variety of initiatives aimed at reducing waste, including eliminating plastic cutlery in its Canadian restaurants . . . Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada are entering the new year with sustainable cutlery. The coffee chain is introducing wooden and fiber cutlery in early 2023. The wooden cutlery and fiber spoon… read more

Orlando, FL – KCL, the industry leader in foodservice design technologies, announces 25 new manufacturing partners who now host their equipment content–PDFs, CAD blocks, Revit families, and supporting images and documents–on KCL software. In addition, several manufacturers expanded from their North America lines to also feature their European, Middle Eastern, and African foodservice equipment. Designers,… read more

Nemco Food Equipment, a Hicksville, Ohio-based, commercial foodservice equipment manufacturer, made a series of personnel moves, notably promoting Michelle Wibel, CFSP to chief executive officer from president and Luke Moffatt, CFSP to president from sales manager, retail position. In addition to these promotions, Nemco made five other personnel moves. Other Nemco personnel updates include: Pat… read more

Webb Foodservice Design Consultants has acquired Dieli Murawka Howe, a foodservice design firm with offices in San Diego and Las Vegas. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Costel Coca, design principal, Webb Foodservice Design, Gina Brinegar, managing principal, Webb Foodservice Design were named FE&S 2021 Top Achiever—ConsultantsAnaheim, Calif.-based Webb specializes in higher… read more

As the digital revolution continues to reshape how consumers interact with their favorite brands, restaurants are increasingly finding ways to collect data points that help them drive business from both loyal customers and new ones. Just look at Noodles & Co. The Denver-based fast casual has evolved its digital storefront and rolled out a customer… read more