Commentary

Top Trends for 2012

BY KRISH PATEL

Innovation in the Fast Food Industry – Greening the Supply Chain Read ››

The Learning Organisation

BY DAVID SOLNET

The undeniable – but often ignored – link between training and service excellence. Read ››

Grow your brand with PR by Amanda Fry

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Building brand devotion in a promiscuous consumer environment

BY MELISSA WEBBER

Never before have we seen the huge disparity in consumer spending habits that we are currently experiencing. Read ››

Time for IR Input Draws Near

BY STEVE CHAMPION

Expert Steve Champion, whose specialist employee relations consulting firm ER Strategies has a number of Fast Food clients on board, is very worried that the industry will fluff the fast approaching chances to impact its industrial relations environment. Read ››

PIZZA SALES - eCater HOT QSR STATS!

Points to note * Pizza orders (All types) make up 7% of sales by $volume in 2011 – Up from 5% in 2010 and 2% in 2009 * While the data relates to the description of Large Pizza size, the actual sizes do vary fairly significantly. Read ››

A strong voice in a noisy space: Communicating your brand messages consistently

BY MELISSA WEBBER

The face of retail advertising and promotion has completely changed in two short years. Read ››

The Top 5 takeaway’s from MURTEC by Kym Houden, MD, Task Retail Technology

BY KYM HOUDEN AT TRT’S GLOBAL SUPPORT COMMAND CENTRE

I’ve recently returned from the Murtec (Multi Unit Restaurant Technology) conference in Las Vegas. For those of you who haven’t heard of Murtec, it is the coming together of company Presidents, CEO’s, CTO’s, COO’s and IT Directors prepared to share their own personal knowledge of wins and failures across many workshops and networking events. Read ››

In response to “Where the Bloody Hell is Service?”

BY DAVID SOLNET

I saw an article recently in the Sydney Morning Herald entitled, “Service, where the bloody hell is it?” Gave me a chuckle I must admit. Read ››

DM me - No, Facebook me - actually, just Tweet Me

BY TENILLE BENTLEY

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The 7 Building Blocks of Customer Service Excellence

BY DR. DAVID SOLNET

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eCater Case Study on Pie Face

Click here to view the case study. Read ››

Crust Gourmet Group – an Australian franchise success story

This business is one of the most innovative and impressive franchise businesses l have seen in almost 30 years of franchising. Read ››

QSR – Customer Service Management

How easy the words flow, “our company provides great service” and “service is what makes us better than the competition….” You’ve heard it before, and probably even said it yourself a few times! Read ››

The power of PR to boost growing QSRs

For years the Australian QSR industry has been dominated by major players that flex their marketing muscles to the tune of tens of millions of dollars each year, using TV commercials, sporting sponsorships and celebrity endorsements to build their brands. Read ››