Viewpoints

How New Technologies Help Address Restaurant Challenges

By Jeff Zabin, Managing Editor With more than one million restaurants in the United States battling it out for a larger slice of the pie, and tens of millions around the world doing the same, […]

Employee Scheduling

Dave & Buster’s Upgrades Its Workforce Management Capabilities

With more than 14.7 million employees, the restaurant industry workforce accounts for approximately 10 percent of the overall workforce in the United States, with an additional 1.6 million new restaurant jobs expected to be created […]

Market Research

The National Restaurant Association Releases New Report on Restaurant Technology

The National Restaurant Association set out to explore the landscape of current technology adoption in restaurants, plans for future adoption, and restaurant operators’ thoughts and opinions on this fast-moving trend. Among the findings of its […]

Marketing & Sales

Burger King Leverages Geofencing Technology for New Promotion

Burger King is leveraging advanced technology with a new promotion that seeks steal customers away from its biggest rival. As the company made clear in a press release issued earlier this week, the goal was […]

Announcement

Restaurant365 Announces Release of Accounts Payable Automation Solution

Restaurant365 has announced that it will release a fully-integrated Accounts Payable (AP) automation solution built specifically to streamline restaurant invoice capture, approvals and payment processing. Restaurant365 bills itself as the world’s only all-in-one, cloud-based, restaurant-specific […]

Viewpoints

How Technology Upgrades the Restaurant Going Experience

By Jeff Zabin, Managing Editor Consumer surveys point to the fact that more and more people, particularly millennials, prefer to spend their money on memorable and shareable experiences than on material goods. Needless to say, […]

Viewpoints

How Restaurants (and Guests) Benefit From Mobile Enablement

By Debbie Carson, Associate Editor Mobile enablement— e.g., utilizing tablets for order and payment processing — is not just about meeting guest expectations. It is also about financial performance. In some restaurant categories, POS mobility […]

Announcement

Infor Acquires Vivonet, Extending Its Restaurant Management and POS Capabilities

Infor, a leading provider of cloud-based hospitality solutions, has acquired Vivonet, which offers solutions for POS, kiosks, kitchen systems, payments, labor scheduling, and food and labor cost management. Infor already has hospitality functionality that covers property […]

Announcement

Ready Announces the Launch of Its Order-at-table Solution

Vancouver-based Ready today announced the launch of their first-of-its-kind order-at-table product for restaurants at FSTEC in Orlando, Florida. Ready’s technology enables restaurant guests to order and pay for their food and drinks from their smartphone […]