Restaurant Marketing Workshop We’re proud to honor the 2026 Restaurant Marketing Top 30 Movers & Shakers, who will be recognized at the Restaurant Marketing Workshop on June 2–3 in Boston. Registration is open. April 10, 2026 by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com The restaurant marketing landscape is evolving faster than ever, and today’s most impactful…
Opening up your QSR website to a wider audience is key to driving more orders, and understanding how to create a restaurant website with accessibility in mind is where it all begins. A whopping 25 percent of all U.S adults live with some form of disability. This is 66 million people, and 1 in 4…
When Burger King first announced its new AI-powered virtual assistant dubbed Patty last week, the new technology tool sparked a surprising amount of debate. On paper, the voice AI assistant is designed to help employees with real-time support, like updating staff when menu items are out of stock or reminding them about specific item preparation…
As one of the world’s largest restaurant holding companies, with a global portfolio that includes Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut and more than 55,000 restaurants across franchised and company-operated systems, Yum is increasingly using a proprietary, unified restaurant technology stack to drive traffic, improve operations, and strengthen franchise economics in support of accelerated unit…
Search no longer works the way it used to. And for restaurants, that shift is already impacting who gets discovered and who gets overlooked. AI-powered experiences like Google’s AI Overviews and conversational search tools like ChatGPT have changed how guests find places to eat. Search has become less about links and more about answers. Instead…
