Quick Chek is kicking off the first official day of summer with thousands of its customers as it proclaims the day Quick Chek’s Summer “Sub-tacular” Day. Customers visiting any Quick Chek location Monday, June 21 between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. can receive a Quick Chek iLoveMySub.com stamp on their hand. Upon returning to the store…
Quiznos Plans To Expand
Denver-based Quiznos, which currently operates about 4,000 restaurants nation-wide, plans to open as many as 600 new stores by the end of the year, including company-owned outlets, Phoenix Business News reported. “As a national brand, Quiznos has enjoyed success and resonated with customers across the map,” company officials said. “Quiznos will consider markets nationwide as…
Quiznos Serves Up Breakfast Menu
Quiznos, one of the nation’s premier quick service restaurant (QSR) chains and pioneer of the toasted sandwich, has launched a new breakfast program, available for its 175 convenience store locations nationwide. The new breakfast menu is part of the company’s convenience store growth strategy and ambition to be the premier QSR partner for the convenience…
Quiznos Looks To Grow Within C-store Channel
Quiznos sandwich chain has plans to increase its presence within convenience stores in 2010. In the recession, customers are busier and thriftier and have been increasing their visits to convenience stores while reducing their visits to restaurants. Restaurant visits began slowing in 2007 and then fell 3% last year while trips to convenience stores to…
Flexibility Fuels Chicken
TOP FIVE U.S. Chicken producers Average Weekly Production (in million pounds) Market Share % Pilgrim’s Pride 146 20.30% Tyson Foods 144 20.00% Perdue Farms 55 7.60% Sanderson Farms 42 5.80% Wayne Farms 34 4.70% Investing in foodservice is a big step for any c-store chain, but if it’s done right, the…
Compete With QSR’s
Lettieri’s has selected five top-selling sandwiches from the QSR industry for their new Market Selects menu line. Lettieri’s has also made each sandwich bigger, better and bolder than traditional fast food fare, helping retailers compete with the QSR industry. Currently, the five Market Selects sandwiches include, spicy chicken, BBQ rib, country fried steak, big cheeseburger…
Organic Growth Drives Kwik Trip
In 2004, CSD awarded La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip Inc. with the Chain of the Year award recognizing a company that values people and forays into new technology, combining business and energy intelligence to save dollars. CSD also was impressed with Kwik Trip’s use of vertical integration to control the products and support functions that…
Chicken’s Popularity Continues to Grow
Chicken’s economical price and inherent flexibility gives convenience store retailers a myriad of opportunities for growing their foodservice business without sacrificing quality and value. However, deciding whether your stores’ best interests are better served by a branded or proprietary chicken program requires an understanding of the benefits and drawbacks each model offers, said consultant John…
Foodservice Flexibility
Few items that c-stores carry personify the industry’s mission more fully than sandwiches and wraps: convenient, colorful, fast, tasty, inexpensive and full of impulse-sale potential. But the fact that consumers can also find them everywhere—from Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble to Starbucks and every local grocery and convenience store in between—means operators have to get…
Low-Carb Dining
Quiznos introduces a new, healthier line of subs for its customers. Quiznos Sub launches the next phase of low-carb living: more than 20 Low Carb Toasty Flatbreadsandwiches under 10 grams of net carbohydrates. This unique line of low carbsandwiches are prepared similarly to Quiznos’ toasted sub sandwiches. Quiznosserves customers’ favorite sub recipes on top of…