Published September 17, 2018

3 Tips to Train Seasonal Workers in Food Safety

Food safety is by far the most important aspect of working in the public food industry, and the process of training new employees should be reliable and diligent. It is important to train seasonal staff with the same time and consistency as full-time workers in order to maintain proper levels of organization and the adherence […]

Published September 13, 2018

Tips to Bolster Loyalty Programs Through eWallets

Many consumer loyalty programs are still based on utilizing old-fashioned punch cards in order to accumulate a certain number of indentations before they are eligible for specific rewards. This system is beginning to be quite outdated, and more and more corporations are looking into eWallets instead. eWallets give you the opportunity to redeem coupons and […]

Published September 10, 2018

Consumers Favor At-Home Meals over Restaurants

More people are turning to preparing meals at home than from eating out. This is due to several contributing factors. The first being cost, it is simply cheaper over all to prepare meals at home rather than eat out. Second, with online meal kits becoming popular, even the novice cook can make a great tasting […]

Published September 6, 2018

Study: Fast Casual Traffic Only Segment to Grow in Last 5 Years

Fast casual restaurants have been steadily growing when it comes to bringing in more and more consumers and profit each year. The industry has grown over 7% in the past five years, and it is expected to grow another 6% before the next five years is over. There was a small stint in which the […]

Published September 3, 2018

Keith Hertling Publishes Book on Leadership

Keith Hertling has written a new book called “Life Lessons in Leadership, Coaching and Culture” that shares what he has learned over 15 years as an executive for Jersey Mike’s and as a longtime gun owner and coach for Special Olympics athletes and high school basketball players. Proceeds from the book will go to UB4ME, […]

Published August 30, 2018

Juice It Up! Ranked Third Smoothie/Juice Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine

Entrepreneur magazine regularly creates a list that honors the top-performers in their respective food franchise categories. These include such categories as Asian food purveyors, full-service restaurants and sandwich shops. The competition is intense with the magazine utilizing 150 data points to finalize their ultimate selections. Juice it up! recently had the thrill of getting to […]

Published August 27, 2018

5 Tips to Design a Loyalty-Boosting Communications Strategy

Customer loyalty is the life’s blood of any quick service restaurant, especially smaller, local businesses. You need Top-of-Mind recognition of your brand that makes you the first place customers think of when they are hungry. Send new customers emails introducing your restaurant and your people, and thanking them for their patronage, and then continue to […]

Published August 23, 2018

Wendy’s Roasts its Way to Social Media Stardom

Wendy’s has continued its long tradition of poking fun of competitors on Twitter, with a social media presence that is much snarkier and more pointed than the bland pronouncements of many rewstaurant twitter feeds. Wendy’s Twitter team of Wendy’s PR employees and ad agency staffers especially enjoy mocking competitors’ use of frozen beef with the […]

Published August 20, 2018

How to Leverage Fruit on Your Menu

The growing and trendy juice-smoothie-bowl category encompasses a variety of new ways to incorporate fresh fruit into your diet while on a busy schedule. Juice and smoothie bars were a $2 billion industry last year, and offer a growing variety of treats that mix sweet and tart flavors from a variety of common produce as […]

Published August 16, 2018

Placed Reveals How TV Can Affect In-Store Visits

A new collaboration between Placed, Kantar and Inscape is using data collected from 8 million Visio internet-connected TVs and over 350 million location enabled mobile devices to analyze the relationships between TV ads for over 100 brands on over 100 channels and real-life store visits. Simply put, the goal is to determine what types of […]