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
Foodservice Equip & Supplies News
McDonald’s and KFC encourage order-ahead business
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
10 Tips for Foodservice Providers Creating a Sustainability Strategy
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
MICHELIN Chefs Dish on the Korean Cuisine Craze
The latest wave is all about heritage ingredients, vibrant plating, and oodles of flavor The hottest trends in beauty, film and tv, and music across the United States have one thing in common: they’re Korean. It’s been just over a decade since Hallyu 3.0, or the third Korean Wave, swept the country and Canada solidifying… read more
Tim Horton’s is Leaving Plastic Cutlery in 2022
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
KCL Adds 25 New Manufacturers in 2022
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 Announces Organizational Changes
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 buys Dieli Murawka Howe
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
How Noodles & Co. is Leveraging Data to Weather Economic Instability
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
Navigating the Restaurant Labor Shortage Requires a NextGen Approach
According to Bureau Labor of Statistics numbers released in early October, food services and drinking establishments added 60,000 jobs in September. The hospitality sector now employs 11.8 million people, or about 500,000 jobs shy of pre-COVID levels. Anita Adams, the CEO of Black Bear Diner, echoes a lot of what’s been shared from the front… read more