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The modern service challenge

 By Kate Leahy on Apr. 20, 2015

How restaurants are delivering high-touch service in a high-tech, self-serve world.

Houston Group Honors Sysco for Hurricane Relief Efforts

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 24, 2006

The award was presented to Al Gaylor, Sysco's vice president of industry relations and diversity, at a gala program at The Hilton Americas, where the...

Snapshot: Going underground

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2008

Certain chefs are setting up supper clubs of sorts, serving elaborate meals to a select group who appreciates community and fine cuisine. Word-of-mouth advertising and the mode of entry—the “club’s” email list—add to the exclusivity.

YWaiter Forms Strategic Partnership With Sysco Corporation

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 17, 2010

PHOENIX (November 16, 2010 - PRNewswire)—Phoenix-based technology firm Mobile Bytes, LLC (www.mobilebytes.com) today announced it has partnered with...

Consumer Trends

Satisfying a digital hunger

Feb. 06, 2012

In its just-released 2012 Restaurant Industry Forecast, the National Restaurant Association reports that there is an increasing consumer interest in high tech interaction in restaurants. The NRA's statistics show that consumers up to the age of 55 support new restaurant technologies. But the majority of the restaurant industry does not seem to be keeping pace.

Technology

Dunkin' joins search for mobile payment system

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 05, 2012

Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins have joined a consortium of retail businesses that’s developing a standard way for consumers to pay for purchases with smart phones.

Technology

E-wallets’ early adopters

By Amanda Kooser on Nov. 01, 2013

The burgeoning world of mobile has been on a slow collision course with the restaurant industry. But it may be time to speed things up.

Technology

All-star apps

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 15, 2014

the Restaurant Business team tested more than 100 apps from regional, emerging and national chains, to see what’s out there, what’s working and what’s not.

Technology

Maple: A restaurant that exists only in tech form

By Bianca N. Herron on May 27, 2015

A newcomer to the New York City dining scene foregoes seats, tables, even a walk-up window. Indeed, it doesn’t exist as a restaurant at all, just as a delivery app connected to a kitchen.

Financing

How to buy into world flavors

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 12, 2006

Asian, Latin and Mediterranean have been the big three global influencers on American menus, but now chefs and operators are digging deeper.

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