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Personal tech for restaurateurs

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 03, 2009

Tame your busy workday with the latest gear and gadgets on the personal tech front

Marketing

How your customers are using social media

 Dec. 09, 2010

A growing number of diners have indicated that they use social media sites to “friend,” locate or follow a restaurant and find out about promotions or menu items. Social media is a new and quickly growing way for restaurants to interact with their guests.

Technology

FreeBookings steps into the ring with OpenTable

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Nov. 10, 2011

You may have seen Livebookings, Europe's largest online restaurant reservation service provider, seated next to OpenTable, their American equivalent, at the 2011 NRA Show in Chicago. That may be the last time they sit comfortably at the same table.

Technology

An app for all seasons

By Joann Whitcher on Apr. 18, 2012

Wolfgang Puck wants to be America’s go-to-chef, and his new iPhone/iPad app. launched mid-April, may just help him realize his dream.

Wayne Shurts Joins Sysco as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 03, 2012

HOUSTON (October 3, 2012 - Globe Newswire)—Sysco Corporation announced that Wayne Shurts has joined the company in the newly created role of Executive Vice...

The week in ideas, February 25, 2013

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 25, 2013

Fake fish. Minimum-wage outlaws. Picking on Guy Fieri. And video-chat ordering at Starbucks.

Technology

Yield management: An alternative to the discount deal?

By Joann Whitcher on Jun. 05, 2013

While standard practice in other industries—hotels and airlines use it constantly—yield management models are still fairly new to the restaurant sector.

Arcade concepts

Feb. 28, 2014

Part arcade, part bar, a new breed of tavern is vying for younger beer fans.

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