Immigration Crackdown Impacts Restaurant Operations, Delivery Services Nationwide
The Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown and accompanying U.S. Customs and Border Protection raids have impacted industries and communities across the nation throughout the past year, with a flood of recent headlines outlining how the federal initiative...
CookUnity Offers a New Video-First Food Ordering Experience
CookUnity, the chef-to-you service delivering meals to customers’ doors, has acquired flavrs, a shoppable-video platform built for food discovery. The move brings video storytelling directly into CookUnity’s ordering experience, giving subscribers a new way to engage...
Brands Mixing Classic Service With Modern Experience to Win Customers
This article was originally published in Franchise Times, sister publication to Food On Demand. Restaurant brands may be employing a slew of strategies to boost sales, but Zaxbys Chief Operating Officer Sharlene Smith said the fundamentals can’t be lost in the...
Olive Garden’s New Cheese Grater Deliveries Continue Broader Industry Trend
Olive Garden, an Italian-American dining chain with nearly 900 locations, announced last month that its signature cheese graters and accompanying Romano cheese blocks are permanently available for delivery and to-go. The move continues a broader trend of restaurants...
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux Launches Digital Catering Platform for First-Time
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is entering a new phase of off-premises growth. The Louisiana-born sports bar brand launched its first formal catering and boxed lunch program in its 22-year history. “We didn’t just roll this out in November,” said John Hagen, director of...
Food-Delivery Robots Navigate Finals Week at University of Minnesota
Even amid the frantic foot traffic of students during finals week and enough snowfall to make some drivers uneasy, autonomous robots with winter-ready tires navigate the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus on a mission to deliver food. Similar to the way...
KFC’s Spin-off Saucy Expands as Younger Diners Fuel Growth
KFC’s spinoff brand Saucy is opening three more locations in Central Florida and rolling out a refreshed menu design. This comes a little over a year after the concept debuted in Orlando as a modernized hub centered on customizable chicken tenders with 11 signature...
The Electric Slider: Automated White Castle Kiosk Lands in Boston Airport
Despite an aura of nostalgia that comes along with being America’s oldest fast-food hamburger chain, White Castle’s approach to adopting technology has proven an eager embrace in recent years. The 104-year-old brand’s tech-focused efforts this year range from...
QSRs Reveal Christmas Apparel for Holiday Season
With the holiday season in full swing, quick-serve restaurants are once again thinking outside the menu to draw crowds and cater to gift-seeking guests ahead of Christmas. This year, some of the industry’s top brands — including McDonald’s, White Castle and Pizza Hut...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.