Technology
What’s next for Starbucks?
Early adoption of such now-standard functions as pre-payment of mobile orders has helped Starbucks outpace the industry. What sort of sales and margin and enhancements is it eying now? Here's a preview.
E-learning gets practical
Greystone Grill in Frederick, Maryland, has a new way to educate waiters on the restaurant's extensive wine list: Vino 101 (www.vino101.com), an interactive, online wine training course.
Until the spring of 2008, the lunch crowd at Stockton’s Pub and Grill, a full-service restaurant in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, was thick with professionals from nearby real estate, law and accounting offices. But as the nation settled into a recession, the lunch crowd begin to thin out, and owner Doug Stockton noticed that customers in business attire became especially scarce.