The Halal Guys CEO talks about riding the choppy seas of a rough restaurant year, while HungerRush stops in to recount the many ways restaurant management tools can help operators navigate their brands in good times and bad.

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Up close with The Halal Guys, HungerRush

In the annals for hot food trends, chicken and plant-based menu items are definitely having their "moments." For proof, look no further than chicken-centric chain, Starbird, as well as all the interest that companies, like Custom Culinary, are seeing around plant-based cooking.

QSRweb podcast Trend-Toppers Edition, starring Starbird, 'star' plants

Hustle - noun: meaning busy movement and activity. Many restaurant brands have redefined the term "hustle" over the past year as their leadership has quickly moved to adapt toward a swiftly shifting pandemic-era landscape. Here's Huddle House's CMO's story.

Huddle House hustling toward pandemic-era marketing moves

In this edition of the QSRweb podcast, Dave's Hot Chicken CEO Bill Phelps talks about building a brand on simple, but sizzling chicken sandwiches, while a Publicis Sapient customer experience expert details why value offerings must be a part of QSR menus now.

Dave's Hot chicken + the art of the hot deal: 2 ways QSRs are igniting 2020 sales

Hungry Howie's CEO joins today's podcast with the brand's plan to move on out around its Motown-area home and beyond. Then Lavu's CEO points to the increasing necessity for pushing a brand's presence online.

Hungry Howie's pushes its borders, while Lavu puts a premium on online promotion

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth -- commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in the final remaining U.S. state to do so, of Texas  -- the COO of one of today's most socially active restaurant brand's, &pizza, joins the QSRweb podcast.

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

With a fresh look and a plan to add more than 75 stores in the next few years, Wyoming-based Taco John's, is having something of a rebirth 52-plus years into its life.

Taco John's: A QSR that dares fast casuals to 'follow us'

On today's podcast, Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler gives her take on top traits of this year's Top 100 Movers & Shakers winners, while an Oracle restaurant expert relays what that company is hearing about what works and what doesn't for QSRs operating under the constraints of the pandemic.

Keeping tabs on Top 100 winners' traits plus Oracle expert's pandemic-era performance tips

For QSR operators today, there are two huge questions: 'How can I quickly train my staff on all these new COVID-19-related mandates?" and "How should I modify my menu to capture business in a wary world?"Get answers to both from the two experts featured in today's QSRweb podcast.

Tackling COVID-19 training on QSRs' front lines, plus menu must-haves for a 'to-go' world

Though just 189-stores in size now, Golden Chick is planning a whole lot of hatchlings for the future, with a goal of 500 stores nationally by 2030, according to podcast guest and chain President Jim Stevens. Plus, Netsurion exec, Mark Cline details what restaurateurs say they need now to succeed into the future.

Golden Chick president promises 500 stores by 2030, plus Netsurion exec relays routes to speedier contactless pickup

While some restaurants are planning to reopen, others are waiting. Bradley Cooper, the contributing editor of FastCasual, reviews the week's COVID-19 related news.

Navigating COVID-19: Restaurants making reopening plans

Freddy's co-founder and COO Scott Redler joins the conversation to discuss the challenge of customer service via drive-thru and delivery. Then Messner Reeves attorneys Rachel Farr and Torben Welch unravel some of the mysteries of government aid to the restaurant industry.

Freddy's tackles 'hospitality through a speakerphone' + Messner Reeves makes sense of restaurant aid maze

Soupergirl co-founder, Sara Polon joins today's podcast. She chats about the chain's strategy regarding the pandemic, but also about her appearance on "Shark Tank," her future plans for the business and what it's like to work with your mom.Bradley Cooper also shares the latest coronavirus news and updates.

Navigating COVID-19: Soupergirl rescuing her own business

Checkers/Rally's CEO Frances Allen explains why all that uber-healthy plant-based food that was so hot pre-pandemic in the U.S., could get a lot more competition from burgers, fries and shakes post-pandemic. Then, Lavu CEO Saleem Khatri tells why he thinks QSRs will experience a digital revolution after the U.S. lockdowns lift.

Checkers/Rally's CEO predicts post-pandemic fast food resurgence + Lavu CEO on QSRs' digital path forward

Fast Casual Contributing Editor Bradley Cooper reports this week's coronavirus news, which includes a decline in restaurant transactions and small restaurants being denied funding through the CARES Act.To help its members stay afloat, The National Restaurant Association has called on Congress to follow its "Blueprint for recovery."

Restaurants issue 'blueprint to recovery'

The QSRweb Podcast offers a view into the hot topics affecting the continuing evolution of the restaurant industry. The podcast features interviews with movers and shakers as well as news related to food, QSR, fast casual, pizza, franchising, and more

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