by Adam Wahlberg | Feb 18, 2025 | News
Freddy’s is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Sean Thompson, the head of IT at Freddy’s, can talk big data and predictive ordering with the best of them. But he’s convinced the brand’s success is rooted in something more fundamental. “Paying attention to the...
by Adam Wahlberg | Feb 12, 2025 | News Briefs
DoorDash does not advertise on Love Island but maybe it should. It introduces countless diners to restaurants and stokes the flame of culinary romances. It even offers a forum for puppy-love consumers to declare their affection for establishments through reviews on...
by Adam Wahlberg | Feb 11, 2025 | News, Outstanding Operators
Potbelly is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Potbelly is known for its Wreck sandwiches, which are vertically layered creations of Everest proportions. But wreck doesn’t describe the year it had in 2024. Heck yes is more like it. Its digital and off-premises...
by Adam Wahlberg | Feb 10, 2025 | News
Jalen Hurts wasn’t the only big winner during the Super Bowl. Wings Etc. Grill & Pub came away smiling as well. And it has a strategy in place to keep it spiking the football throughout the year. The brand, which operates 80 locations in 13 states, does big...
by Adam Wahlberg | Feb 5, 2025 | News
If you talk to operators about their off-premises success, many of them will bring up the importance of curbside pick-up. Some see it as a key to their success. Not Chili’s. At the end of the first quarter in 2024 the brand jettisoned the practice. It was creating...