technology

Testa Produce Adds Electric Trucks To Delivery Fleet

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 15, 2013

CHICAGO (January 15, 2013 - PR Newswire)—Testa Produce has added two new trucks to its delivery fleet, both of which operate solely on electricity...

Seamless and GrubHub Announce Merger

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 20, 2013

CHICAGO and NEW YORK (May 20, 2013 - PRNewswire)—Seamless North America LLC and GrubHub Inc. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge two...

Why business sucks—and what to do about it

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 25, 2013

Chains are blaming all sorts of factors for the softness in sales last quarter, but there’s some agreement on how to counter it.

‘Star Trek’ or just the next NRA Show?

By Peter Romeo on May 18, 2014

Telling fact from science fiction isn’t always easy at this year’s tech-rich National Restaurant Association convention. See if you can determine which advancements in restaurant technology are real, and which you can still only find on the Enterprise.

Marketing

28 social media ideas to steal

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 11, 2014

Some restaurants have scored big on social media. Here's what you can learn from their wins.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Ebola fears & other signs of the times

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 17, 2014

With 24/7 coverage of the first U.S. cases, investors are asking restaurants if there’s already a sales fallout because of decreased travel. But the public’s ignorance about the disease appears to be more of an issue.

Marketing

App of the Month: Taco Bell

By Kelly Killian on Dec. 19, 2014

To generate buzz for the release of its new smartphone app on Oct. 28, Taco Bell went silent on all of its social media channels for one day, replacing its characteristically prolific posts with one disruptive message: “Taco Bell isn’t on Instagram [or Twitter or Facebook], it’s #onlyintheapp.” It was accompanied by a link to download the new app, designed heavily around mobile ordering and payment.