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National Restaurant Association Show

Saturday, May 18, 2019

The 2019 National Restaurant Association Show offers attendees ideas and inspiration around every aspect of the foodservice business, from menus to workforce to technology to operations. Restaurant Business will be covering the show to bring you the latest updates, trends and insights. Stay connected here.

 

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Marketing

4 ways to maximize social media

Some tips from the NRA Show on the best way to get those likes, favorites and shares.

Food

7 menu trends spotted at the NRA Show

Here’s what’s happening in food and drink that can power your menu in the year ahead, as seen and heard at the sessions and in the aisles of this year's convention.

Leadership

5 new phrases restaurateurs should learn fast

By Restaurant Business Staff on May. 23, 2017

Technology and young people are changing the way the restaurant industry is talking about customers, concepts and more. Here's the latest lingo that savvy foodservice folks need to add to their vocabulary—stat.

Operations

5 big ideas from the NRA Show

By Peter Romeo on May. 23, 2017

The restaurant industry's annual gathering yielded some unconventional approaches to common problems, from sky-high delivery fees to lowering labor costs.

What to eat at the 2017 NRA Show

By Lisa White on May. 22, 2017

From savory to sweet, there's a bevy of delectable bites to enjoy at this year's annual industry gathering.

Workforce

6 labor solutions from restaurants’ big event

By Peter Romeo on May. 22, 2017

The industry's annual convention served up some low-cost ideas for drawing and keeping good employees.

Operations

To franchise, or not to franchise? 6 takeaways from industry vets

By Heather Lalley on May. 22, 2017

Why franchising feels like being a mother with 300 children.

3 new phrases cool restaurateurs are using

By Restaurant Business Staff on May. 31, 2016

Tote bags and food samples weren’t the only gems picked up on the floor of the National Restaurant Association Show. Here are a few new terms of the trade overheard at this year’s show from restaurant industry experts, insiders and observers.

Beverage

How Chicago restaurant Swift & Sons stirs a perfect martini

By Kelly Killian on May. 26, 2016

Watch the bartender at this high-end steakhouse deliver "eatertainment" with a tableside martini demo and a tale.

6 ways running restaurants has changed in 2016

By Restaurant Business Staff on May. 25, 2016

At the NRA Show, executives shared several new realities of the business that are changing the way restaurants are run.