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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.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Damnedest things heard online

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 05, 2014

Online revelations abounded this week about Starbucks and other restaurant operators, providing an education to eavesdroppers.

Subway starts a new chapter

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 17, 2017

The world's largest restaurant chain intends to freshen its image with a new design, operational changes and menu tweaks. Here's a preview.

Let's make a deal

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 07, 2007

Yes, you have to spend it to make it. But why spend more money than you have to? The deals are out there, for everything from wine to cleaning services. You just have to know where to find them, or at least how to ask for them. We sent reporters out looking for all the best ways for restaurant operators to save money. They found some great tips, so take a look and save a few bucks.

5 winning beverage strategies

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 01, 2010

In this down economy, some restaurants have taken their eye off beverage while trying to survive. That’s a big, possibly fatal, mistake.

Sysco Creates New Senior Vice President, Distribution Services Position

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 23, 2011

HOUSTON (September 23, 2011 - GlobeNewswire)—Sysco Corporatio announced today that C. Frederick Lankford, president of Sysco Eastern Maryland, has been...

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Chefs' favorite apps

By Joann Whitcher on Jun. 05, 2012

We asked chefs to name some of their favorites; as we would expect, apps that make chef’s lives in the kitchen easier are the most popular.

Markon Launches Produce-centric Mobile App

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 12, 2013

SALINAS, CA (February 12, 2013)—Markon Cooperative, Inc., the produce source of eight independently owned foodservice companies, launched a mobile app that...

‘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.

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