The industry leader in online reservation booking, OpenTable, was hit with a scandal as it was discovered that one of its employees had created hundreds of bogus reservations through a rival booking site. According to Eater Chicago, 45 restaurants that use the rival service called Reserve were affected, most notably over the super-busy Valentine’s Day […]
Google originally purchased restaurant review company Zagat for approximately $151 million dollars in 2011 in hopes of pitting the once-premier brand against upstart rivals such as Yelp. Unfortunately, they never really gave the brand the attention that it needed to prevail and now they are cutting their losses by selling the brand to The Infatuation, […]
For the last several years, Dunkin’ Donuts has been talking about eliminating its environmentally challenging Styrofoam cups. The chain first announced the decision in 2016 but news has been scant since then. However, a recent press release indicates that the plans are back on track. The Styrofoam cups, which are not recyclable and are problematic […]