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Operations

Being well-equipped for food safety means a combo plate of software

The latest software is helping operators track food safety's moving target.

Operations

Screen savers

Operators say the right kitchen display system can streamline order fulfillment and costs.

Consumer Trends

Live-fire cooking is hot

By Heather Lalley on Jun. 27, 2017

As wood-fire cooking gains traction, these six lessons learned could help keep your operation smokin’.

Operations

5 tools to up throughput

By Lisa White on Jun. 13, 2017

New-age kitchen gadgets shave time off guest interactions.

Technology

McDonald’s, Wendy’s and more buy into kiosks—here’s why

By Lauren Hallow on Mar. 09, 2017

Restaurant Business breaks down the plans for kiosk implementation at top chains and checks in with other concepts that already use kiosks, including Panera, to see how the technology is working for them.

Operations

7 big trends from the restaurant equipment show

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 15, 2017

While the industry may be slow to adopt ultra high-tech advances such as robots, there's innovation happening on the equipment front, with suppliers trying to make running a restaurant easier.

Operations

Test kitchens in the real world

By Rita Negrete-Rousseau on Feb. 14, 2017

Increasingly, operators are turning to real-life test kitchen units and their own customers for help in evaluating the innovations they’re considering.

Operations

Fine-tuning guest feedback

By Kelsey Nash on Feb. 14, 2017

The Pei Wei kitchen takes menu testing out of its headquarters and into guests’ hands, reducing corporate bias, says Clay Dover, CMO of the P.F. Chang’s offshoot.

Operations

3 ways commercial kitchen equipment is getting smarter

By Sara Rush Wirth on Feb. 10, 2017

Among the latest innovations at the NAFEM Show: tech-enhanced equipment that's designed to ease operations.

Operations

Re-creating kitchens for the digital boom

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2017

Kitchen recasts are accounting for a large part of chains’ capex budgets for 2017. The aim of the moment is to boost throughput and capitalize on off-premise demand.