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Are mobile payments safer?

 By Amanda Kooser on Feb. 01, 2013

It’s easy to get blinded by the newness of mobile payment technology, but the security issues aren’t that much different from older methods of taking payments.

Technology

An advance peek at Panera’s new ordering system

 Apr. 21, 2014

An early user tries the Panera 2.0 mobile set-up, which enables customers to order up to five days in advance or bypass the cashiers to order and pay from their tables.

Chipotle finds mobile job-application function to be a hit

Nov. 20, 2014

The percentage of job candidates using the app hit 20 percent in the first week, according to the chain.

Technology

Mobile app must-haves

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 13, 2017

Features to consider when building an app.

Operations

Throwing it all away

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 11, 2007

Paper and plastic ware can be a very important part of your operation, in terms of both price point and customer convenience. Here are some tips to help in your buying.

Selling LTOs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 03, 2009

California Tortilla is proud of its wacky marketing campaigns—most of which happen on a pretty small budget. To launch their popular Fish Taco two years ago, the chain's founder came dressed up as a scuba diver and had buckets of water dumped on him—all recorded for posterity in a goofy YouTube video.

New Buckhead Beef Facility To Open in 2012

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 02, 2011

ATLANTA (July 2, 2011)—Buckhead Beef, a business unit of Sysco Corp. and a supplier of meat-based proteins to the food service market, plans to build a new...

Technology

Floating on cloud computing

By Amanda Kooser on Apr. 23, 2012

One reason why some restaurants have been hesitant to switch to cloud computing is the need for an always-on Internet connection. What happens if the Internet goes down?

Technology

Doing double duty: McDonald’s carry-out packages feature information-bearing QR codes

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 06, 2013

Beginning in mid-January, McDonald's carryout bags and fountain beverage cups are featuring a new packaging design with quick-response (QR) matrix barcodes.

Inside Panera 2.0

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2014

The café chain says it will roll tableless urban formats, pick-up stations, delivery service and several new ways of interacting with patrons.

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