September is National Food Safety Education Month. This is an incredibly important topic, especially for restaurant owners. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a single...
Pasting up your toothbrush with minty fresh Colgate, but falling short of running the bristles over your pearly whites does not result in clean teeth. Slipping into your running...
Labor costs continue to rise fast and furiously. Between higher wages, larger turn-over, and several other factors that are seemingly out of the control of QSR owner / operators,...
The relationship between a franchisor and a franchisee is much like any other human relationship. You want to strive for a healthy, co-dependency built on open communication and mutual...
Hurricane season is once again upon us. Very little is safe from the wrath of battering winds and rain. Businesses need to prepare for, and attempt to minimize, safety...
Restaurant customer loyalty, also known as brand loyalty, can be difficult to quantify and correlate. That may be because loyalty is based on human emotion. What makes brands so...
Of the Top 25 restaurant chains in America, KFC stands out as the brand with the longest history. It’s also a brand that now faces aggressive competition in the chicken...
According to a survey conducted by TD Bank, more than half of restaurant franchise owners and franchisors (59%) plan to integrate mobile apps and/or mobile ordering, or develop a...
When retailers or restaurant operators need to verify promotional rollouts like Limited-time Offers, time is of the essence. Limited-time offers are exactly what their name implies—you simply don’t have...
Task management is an essential part of operating a business: prioritizing tasks, assigning them to employees, and following up to ensure completion are all critical for any senior manager...