Marketing & Promotions

Hooters Announces Play Hooky Day

Hooters has declared March 17 and 18 National Play Hooky Days, encouraging customers to watch the first round games of the basketball tournament at its resstaurants.

Texas Roadhouse Sees Website Traffic Soar

Texas Roadhouse has seen a 40 percent increase in website traffic directly from online listings found on local search, mobile, and social platforms like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Facebook, says Loca ...

Morton's Teams Up with PGA Tour

Morton’s The Steakhouse will be the “Official Steakhouse of the PGA Tour, Champions Tour, and Nationwide Tour,” thanks to a marketing partnership between the PGA TOUR and Morton’s Restaurant Group. ...

A New Face for Bob Evans

The Ohio-based Bob Evans Restaurant chain is embarking on a market-wide project to update and modernize restaurants in the Dayton, Ohio, area.

Now POS Systems Can Check Into Foursquare For You

With loyalty programs and check-in technology gaining popularity with the help of smartphones, one loyalty provider has developed a tool that integrates social media check-ins directly with point-o ...

How to Improve Customer Service 'On the Spot'

Customer service is of the utmost importance to most restaurant brands, and in the age of technology like smartphones and iPads, some are finding that customer service can be improved just minutes ...

What to Do About Waste

When New York City–based burger concept 4food opened its first location in August, the media buzz it generated mostly stemmed from its innovative use of technology and social media. ...