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KFC adds $4.99 meal deal through year’s end | Restaurant Dive
Apr 8, 2024 · Dive Brief: KFC on Monday announced it is offering a value menu through the end of 2024 featuring a $4.99 two-piece chicken meal for one; a variably priced four-piece, two-person chicken meal; and a $20 six-piece chicken family meal. The menu is called “Taste of KFC Deals.” The two-piece meal includes a chicken thigh, drumstick, a side of mashed potatoes and a biscuit.
Why Chipotlanes are Chipotle’s future | Restaurant Dive
Nov 21, 2022 · In 2018, Chipotle was facing a problem. While same-store sales and transactions were up, customers felt the chain had too few restaurants. Diners were frustrated that the only way to buy from Chipotle was to order inside a restaurant, said Tabassum Zalotrawala, Chipotle’s chief development officer.
Sonic Drive-In switches up its $1.99 value menu | Restaurant Dive
Sep 30, 2024 · Dive Brief: Sonic Drive-In is adding several items to its $1.99 value menu, including small Cream Slushes and its Grilled Cheese Burger, the brand said in a Monday press release.; The restaurant is offering two new limited-time deals.
KFC expands $5 meal deal - Restaurant Dive
Aug 13, 2024 · Dive Brief: Kentucky Fried Chicken is expanding its Taste of KFC Deal, a $5 value promotion it introduced in April.The chain added two meals to the deal, which runs through the end of the year. Customers can now get an eight-piece nuggets meal with fries and two sauces, and a Famous Bowl with nuggets, in addition to the wing-and-thigh deal included in the original version of the promotion.
How Qdoba is plotting growth in Chipotle’s shadow
Jan 11, 2024 · Dive Insight: Under first Jack in the Box and then Apollo Global Management, Cywinski said, Qdoba was effectively orphaned. “With Jack in the Box, the brand was a bit of an afterthought,” Cywinski said of the period between 2003 and 2018.. Apollo, a massive asset management firm, had $515 billion in assets under management when it sold Qdoba in 2022, four years after acquiring it.
7 restaurant industry trends to watch in 2024
Jan 10, 2024 · More full-service chains will embrace service fees. Service fees will likely proliferate across the country, especially in municipalities like Washington, D.C., that have ended the tip credit in favor of minimum wage for hourly restaurant workers, said Bin Lu, executive chef of Blue Rock in Virginia. Chicago will phase out tipped minimum wage over the next five years, while states like Alaska ...
Subway adds $6.99 meal deal through year’s end | Restaurant Dive
Oct 29, 2024 · Dive Insight: Subway has, for the most part, refrained from aggressive value promotions this year.The major exception was a $6.99 deal on its Footlong sandwiches that lasted about two weeks in August and September.. Instead, the …
Inspire Brands changes its corporate structure - Restaurant Dive
Nov 30, 2023 · Dive Brief: Inspire Brands realigned its corporate structure earlier this month to focus on three areas of operations: brands, commercial and company restaurants and growth, according to a press release issued Thursday.; To support …
How bad is restaurant inflation? Here’s what the data shows.
Nov 3, 2022 · To protect their bottom lines, many chains are passing the bulk of those costs onto consumers. Menu prices have increased over the last few months, but the overall jump is lower than food-at-home prices, according to the Consumer Price Index.Food-at-home prices were up 13% in September year-over-year compared to an 8.5% increase for food away from home.