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[ad_1] Nathan’s Famous Launches Hamburger Patty Made From Plants From Impossible Foods Nathan’s Famous announced its partnership with Impossible Foods to bring consumers the brand’s first delicious gourmet, hamburger patty made from plants. The Impossible Foods patty made from plants for meat lovers adds to the Nathan’s Famous New York-themed fresh angus burger line-up. “At Nathan’s Famous, we are always focused on offering our customers food that is memorable, craveable and instagrammable and this announcement does just that, while making our menu as inclusive as possible,” states James Walker, Senior Vice President, Restaurants. “We are thrilled to connect with Impossible […]

[ad_1] Pizza Hut Speeds to a More Future-Ready Restaurant Chain QSRMagazine.com says that Pizza Hut’s mission to right-size its footprint may have begun years before the pandemic arrived, but COVID-19 undoubtedly quickened the initiative. The chain closed 2019 with 18,703 stores globally. In 2020, Pizza Hut shed 1,745 restaurants, or 9 percent of the year-ago figure, including 573 closures in Q1 and Q2 combined, and 1,172 total in Q3 and Q4. The closures were partially offset by the opening of 682 locations. Pizza Hut ended 2020 with 17,639 stores, representing a unit decline of 6 percent—it’s the lowest global number […]

[ad_1] Dollar Tree and Family Dollar Donated $2.7 Million to Charitable Partners in 2020 Dollar Tree, along with financial contributions from its associates through its inaugural ‘Choose to Give’ workplace giving campaign, donated $2.7 million in 2020 to the Company’s three largest philanthropic partnerships: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Operation Homefront, and United Way of South Hampton Roads (UWSHR). Additionally, vendor partners and customers donated millions of dollars throughout the year to the charitable partners, including a $1 million gift from The Coca-Cola Company. “The communities we serve will always be at the heart of everything we do. Our […]

[ad_1] Snaffle Rewards Rental Customers With Membership Program Online appliance rental brand Snaffle has introduced the Snaffle Plus members rewards program, delivering cash rewards, contract discounts, early access to new products and exclusive product offers. “We are working towards building stronger relationships with our customers and have introduced a membership rewards program as a way of giving back to them,” says Snaffle chief marketing officer, Paul Winslow.   Lowe's Increases Engagement, Loyalty With Bumped Fractional Share Rewards Benzinga.com reports that Bumped, a fintech startup that has been piloting its software app over the past two years, released data on Tuesday […]

[ad_1] How To Deliver Great Customer Experience At Scale Strategy-Business.com reports that as travel restrictions and lockdowns were announced around the world in the spring of 2020, businesses had to quickly rethink their customer experience strategy. Unable to continue in-person interactions, many companies looked for new ways to meet their customers (and identify new customers) online. Recent indications are that some of these trends will endure: Forrester predicts at least 80 percent of the B2B sales cycle will happen in digital settings moving forward. And according to eMarketer, “buy online, pick up in store” sales in the U.S. are expected […]

[ad_1] How Famous Footwear Tapped Into Its 60 Years of History to Weather the Pandemic FootwearNews.com says that over the course of six decades, Famous Footwear has navigated many ups and downs in the consumer market, all by maintaining a consistent focus on families and providing must-have styles at affordable prices. The tagline coined by founder Neil Moldenhaur in 1960 still holds true: “Brand name shoes for less.” “At our core things haven’t really changed about who Famous Footwear is: We’re still a footwear retailer that offers great national brands at a great value,” said Mike Edwards, who was named […]

[ad_1] Consumers and retailers including restaurants, apparel, airlines, hotels, drug, grocery and even Dunkin Donuts all love loyalty programs and are well utilized. But the downside of these programs are they have expiration dates. A recent study showed that even some gift cards expire and with the going or gone out of business retailers these rewards are now voided to. In these times of rising consumer costs it is nice to get any discount. Founder Wayne Merry and Canadian entrepreneur has launched the app https://www.myhipsmartapp.com/ that actually tracks and alerts the consumer when those rewards will expire. The consumer simply […]

[ad_1] Jersey Mike’s Donates 20 Percent Of Sales To Feeding America Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, is teaming up once again with Jersey Mike’s Subs on a special fundraising event this weekend. On Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22, Jersey Mike’s will donate 20 percent of sales to Feeding America.  While a minimum of $1 million will be donated, Jersey Mike’s expects the total to be higher.  Last April, Jersey Mike’s raised more than $2 million for Feeding America, helping to provide 20 million meals* through the organization’s nationwide network of 200 food banks. “We thank […]

[ad_1] Chipotle to Unleash Digital-Only Restaurants Chipotle will focus on accelerating digital business in non-traditional venues, according to QSR Magazine. Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol predicted in October the fast casual would eclipse $2.5 billion in digital sales in 2020. Just a year earlier, Chipotle celebrated clearing $1 billion, which was a significant milestone for a brand that played catchup in a number of innovation corners. COVID-19, however, represented a different kind of accelerator. In many stores, just the second make-line alone (responsible for digital transactions) pushed average-unit volumes of well over $1 million. A few years ago, it was “a […]