Chipotle's Brilliant Branding Move
The fast-food franchise partners with celebrities to create beautiful short films that hint at the company's values.
View ArticleFrom Starbucks to Domino's: 6 Tasty Companies With Awesome Mobile Apps
If you're a big brand looking to get bigger, having a cool mobile app is one way to get customers talking. Here are six chains that are doing it right.
View Article10 Chains Scaring Up Business With Free Food & Other Halloween Deals
For these businesses, Halloween is about more than trick or treating, with deals designed to pull costumed customers into restaurants.
View ArticleChipotle, Subway Want a Slice of the Fast-Casual Pizza Business
Chipotle will apply its fast and fresh formula to pizza and a Subway franchisee plans to open a Subway Pizza Express in 2014.
View ArticleIs This the Year Fast-Food Pizza Disappears?
Domino's and Pizza Hut are attempting to compete with fast-casual rookies by upping quality and revamping design.
View ArticleChipotle Is Making a Dark Comedy Series About Industrial Farming. (Yes,...
The burrito chain is releasing a four-part comedy series on Hulu next month that offers a satirical take on industrial farming.
View ArticleFrom Chipotle to Starbucks: 6 Chains That Do Mobile Apps Right
As Chipotle prepares to offer mobile payment, we take a look at six of the best mobile apps in the restaurant business.
View ArticleChipotle's New Series Feels Like House of Cards, But Without the Good Parts
Chipotle premiered the first episode of its comedy series Farmed and Dangerous this Monday on Hulu.
View ArticleChipotle Says Global Warming May Mean the End of Guacamole
The burrito chain has said that if climate change continues to adversely affect the weather, some options may be dropped from the menu.
View ArticleFrank Ocean Tells Chipotle to 'F--k Off' After Chain Sues the Singer
Of all the people and companies that Frank Ocean could attack, the usually PR-friendly Chipotle would not have been our first bet.
View ArticlePasta Maker Barilla Opens First Restaurant, Aims to Be 'Italian Version of...
It's not often that a packaged food brand opens a restaurant, but that's exactly what the 138-year-old Barilla company is doing.
View ArticleThe Top Brands in Food Service, Hotels, Retail and More
These brands took the No. 1 spot in various categories. Here's why.
View ArticleFollow Chipotle's Lead and Create a Content Marketing Calendar
The Mexican food brand is great at developing content and pushing it to its customers. Here's what you should do to be more like it.
View ArticleHow These 10 Marketing Campaigns Became Viral Hits
Any company can create word-of-mouth ad -- all it takes is a clever idea and skillful execution.
View ArticleThe One Menu Item Most Affected by Chipotle's Price Hike
Chipotle announced earlier this month that it would be raising prices, but one item on the menu is bound to see a greater increase than the rest.
View ArticleEl Pollo Loco Files to Go Public
The California-based Mexican grilled-chicken franchise, which attempted to go public in 2006, is eyeing a $100 million IPO.
View ArticleSurvey: McDonald's Has the Worst Burger in America
In the battle of the chain restaurants, Consumer Reports found that customers were sick of many of fast food mega-chains' specialties.
View Article6 Super-Hot Food Trends You Need to Know About
Barbecue, snack mashups and the next Sriracha – here's what Technomic predicts restaurants will be serving up in the second half of 2014.
View ArticleDisappointing Earnings Add to McDonald's Bad Week
Legal battles with franchisees, expired meat and another disappointing quarterly report: it's already been a hard week for McDonald's.
View ArticleThe Restaurants Business Travelers Love the Most (Infographic)
Chick-fil-A and Chipotle are two of the hottest brands in food right now. Here's how they're cashing in on travelers' tastes.
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