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Tech Tools, the only eNewsletter devoted to foodservice technology, helps restaurateurs maximize sales, traffic and profits by explaining the latest mobile and other digital options coming into use by operators in real ways.

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3 ways tech plays at restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 28, 2015

The 100 or so chain executives attending Chicago researcher Technomic’s 2015 Consumer Insights and Planning Program this January learned how the perplexing consumer is evolving under such influences as a tepid economy and rapid-fire technical advances. Some revelations had pens scratching across notepads in a frenzy, including these.

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Chains embrace education extension to management suite

 Feb. 25, 2015

Lucille’s BBQ, Hof’s Hut and the Runza sandwich chain are among the CrunchTime! customers that have adopted the management software company’s new suite of online learning programs.

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Red Robin to add tabletop payment and maybe more

Feb. 25, 2015

Add Red Robin to the list of casual-dining chains that will invite customers to pay for their meals via a tabletop device.

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First Watch adopts waitlist-management app

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 25, 2015

The new technology enables customers to compare the wait times at units in their area, put their name on the list, and then monitor the time at which they’ll be seated.

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Zoe’s tests KDS system

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 25, 2015

The four-unit experiment “is going extremely well,” CEO Kevin Miles told Wall Street.

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How tech shaped Starbucks

By Sara Rush Wirth on Sep. 08, 2015

“What you see in Starbucks is constant innovation,” said Howard Behar at this year’s FARE Conference hosted by Winsight and held in Nashville, Tenn.

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Starbucks completes domestic rollout of Mobile Order & Pay

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 23, 2015

An upswing in sales from phone-toting consumers has prompted Starbucks to complete the U.S. rollout of its Mobile Order & Pay service more than three months ahead of schedule.

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E-commerce giants try restaurant delivery

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 17, 2014

Uber, Amazon are testing new high-tech ways to function as a middleman between restaurants and consumers.

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A tale of two digital cities: A glimmer of new restaurant tech from CES, NRF conference

By Robert Grimes on Jan. 28, 2015

Consumer and business technologies are clearly converging, throwing restaurateurs a bit of a curve. Make that a curve in signs, TVs and other display possibilities.

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P.F. Chang’s new system provides real-time guest communication

Feb. 25, 2015

P.F. Chang’s will have the ability to message members of its guest loyalty program in real time through a new software package that ties together the casual chain’s backend web capabilities.

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