National Restaurant Association Show

Operations

The attacks on ServSafe badly need a scrubbing

Sweet & Sour: Critics are blasting the life-saving program as a con job. They apparently prefer to kill the truth instead of germs.

Operations

National Restaurant Association Show opens applications for 2023 Kitchen Innovation Awards

The KI awards recognize cutting-edge, forward-thinking foodservice equipment that improves operations.

Sweet & Sour: From android armies to a different sort of pot pie, here are the surprises we long time show-goers discovered at the industry’s first annual convention in three years.

Smaller robots, self-delivery and more leapt onto our radar during the event this week in Chicago.

After four days of walking the Show floor and attending culinary demos and educational sessions, some overriding food and drink trends emerged.

The four-day event brought us a major focus on robots and other technologies, plant-based meat and strategies to find lost sales. And everything was about efficiency.

DEI was a topic of focus for many attendees of the National Restaurant Association Show, and several presenters shared their playbooks for creating an inclusive environment for employees.

A Deeper Dive: Lance Trenary, CEO of Golden Corral, joins the podcast to talk about labor, supply chain and Congress’s failure to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.

At the National Restaurant Association Show, the container options were numerous and varied, reflecting an industry rushing to meet ever-changing consumer demands.

The Bottom Line: The National Restaurant Association Show displayed some of the latest gadgets to improve efficiency and reach more customers. But can those that need it most afford it?

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