FSTEC Conference

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA

FSTEC is the industry's most comprehensive technology conference and the only event of its kind focused exclusively on both commercial and noncommercial foodservice. With more than 1,400 top-level executives in attendance, this three-day event is a powerful platform for emerging companies and technologies to not only launch into the marketplace, but gain real traction. It's not just about the latest gadgets; FSTEC is unmatched when it comes to interaction, information exchange and delivering true business-building solutions.  

Suppliers

Brandy Mulcahy | bmulcahy@winsightmedia.com 480-337-3426

Operators

Mark Hatch | mhatch@winsightmedia.com | 480-337-3419

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Marketing

Trigger-happy branding

Conventional business wisdom says it costs five to 10 times more to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one.

Technology

5 trends to buzz about at FSTEC

Fall is the time for companies to plan next year’s technology initiatives and the budgets that support them.

At a tech conference, you expect acronyms to drop like F-bombs at a Sopranos barbecue. POS, PCI, CMS—the presentations were an effing alphabet soup. But one all-caps tag was usually implied rather than said outright, even though it figured into considerable conversation at FSTEC.

Rob Grimes and Erik Thoresen discuss automation in restaurants and what restaurant operators should consider automating.

Speculation about the next big thing was rampant among 900 attendees of FSTEC, the industry's annual re-up on technology trends.

NRA CIO Kevin Steele, Pei Wei Marketing Manager Sharon Koval, Technomic's Erik Thoresen and RB's Sara Rush Wirth discuss marketing to today's consumer with tech at FSTEC 2016.

The next shiny new thing may not be right for everyone's operations. Here are some tips offered at the FSTEC conference for making a smart decision.

These new innovations have the potential to shake up everything from the workforce to food away from home.

The three winners of Restaurant Business’ 2017 Tech Accelerator Awards are using technology to revolutionize their business models and reshape the customer experience.

Tesla is looking to make restaurants a part of its business plan, and that was only one of the revelations from FSTEC's first day.

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