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Meanwhile, in other weirdness ...

 By Peter Romeo on May 31, 2013

Did the industry sneak off to Colorado or Washington for a few now-legal bong hits? How else could the business have brainstormed jaw-droppers like these?

Operations

An eye on spyware

 By Tom O'Brien on Feb. 02, 2014

Restaurant surveillance equipment is a given, but how fancy should you get?

6 more tips from RLC

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 17, 2014

Here are 6 stealable ideas from the Restaurant Leadership Conference that can help you grow and improve your business.

Softcard nabs Subway as national mobile payment partner

Sep. 16, 2014

The industry’s largest chain announced its intentions to accept payments via the Softcard digital wallet system less than a week after McDonald’s, Starbucks and Panera Bread were reportedly committing to Apple’s rival system. Subway was also cited at the time as a likely user of Apple Pay.

Exclusive: FBI warns retailers to expect more credit card breaches

Nov. 05, 2014

The agency reportedly sent a memo to retailers last week, alerting businesses that hackers will try to repeat the breaches of the 2013 holiday season by using malware targeted at POS systems and credit card swipe devices.

Technology

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.

Olive Garden to add tabletop kiosks

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 14, 2015

Pay-at-the-table capabilities will roll out starting next month

Domino’s tries robot delivery

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 18, 2016

The “cheeky and endearing” robot, referred to as DRU, can carry up to 10 pizzas.

Beverage

A digital approach to draft systems

By Thomas Henry Strenk on Sep. 19, 2016

Operators are enhancing tap systems with smart high-tech features to reduce waste and spoilage, improve margins and even help drive more traffic to the bar—automatically.

Technology

Hospitality heads toward automation

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jan. 17, 2017

Automation won’t make its way into restaurants, because this is a hospitality-driven industry?

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