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Data theft

 By Steve Brooks on Feb. 01, 2013

Christopher Schroebel was not your typical junkie. While he lived with his dad in Keedysville, Maryland, the 20-year-old supported his heroin addiction by stealing $120,000 over the space of four months.

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Keying up mobile trends at RLC

 By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 03, 2014

One of the overarching themes that ran through Restaurant Leadership Conference was that mobile is a critical part of the restaurant business today.

With McDonald’s using Apple Pay, PayPal scoops up Burger King for fast mobile sales

Nov. 04, 2014

The Number Two burger chain is reportedly working with the online transaction processor to add a cashless payment option to the Burger King app by next year.

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Restaurant Business tests chain apps

By Sara Rush Wirth and Benita Gingerella on Oct. 30, 2016

With most chains trying to score valuable real estate on their customers’ phones, the Restaurant Business team took a look at 25 restaurant apps to see what’s working—and what’s not.

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The supermarket threat

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 12, 2007

The new Whole Foods Market in Portland, Maine, is a 48,000-square-foot behemoth, just two blocks off the turnpike spur that connects Maine’s largest city with a string of affluent towns along the coast.

USF's Hernandez Advises Assisted Living Foodservice Managers on Recalls

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 18, 2009

ROSEMONT, IL (Sept. 18)—Foodservice managers must be prepared to respond to the growing number of food recalls and to prevent food-borne illnesses from...

SYSCO Expanding Distribution Facility In Nebraska

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 12, 2011

LINCOLN, NE (July 12, 2011 - Journal Star)—Sysco Lincoln, Inc. has confirmed plans for a huge expansion of its Lincoln operations. Charley Wilson, a...

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Movement in mobile

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 18, 2012

If you took a United or Delta flight to the 2012 Restaurant Leadership Conference in March in Scottsdale, Arizona, you had the option to forego a printed boarding pass, using a QR code sent to your smartphone instead. In a world where 80 percent of the population owns a mobile device (and only 47 percent own a toothbrush), cellphones and tablets are replacing pagers, wallets, credit cards and even keys. Here’s a round-up of mobile solutions from the floor of RLC to keep an eye on.

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It's a go for Hash House's app

By Joann Whitcher on Feb. 06, 2013

Last October, Hash House A Go Go—known for its “twisted farm food”—launched a free smartphone app, part of an integrated marketing strategy that leverages the concept’s Facebook and Twitter platforms, while delivering menu, specials and location information.

How do the new restaurant payment apps stack up?

Dec. 02, 2014

Eater.com tries and critiques the new crop of mobile-payment systems.

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