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10 FSTec lessons for the non-techie

If there were any lingering doubts that technology is pushing beyond the IT department to reshape every discipline represented in a corporate headquarters, they were laid to rest at FSTec, once an industry conference for restaurant CIOs. At this year’s event, you were as likely to hear a question posed by a marketing, HR or ops specialist as you were to catch two tech heads speaking in their tribe’s peculiar code.

The week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Trend skeet-shooting edition

Restaurants took aim at a number of trends to bolster business, but their marksmanship wasn’t always keen. Oh, was it not keen.

Restaurants may not like their elected officials as politicians, but they certainly should love them as customers, a new analysis shows.

Four years after multiple frozen-yogurt concepts landed in our Future 50's top 10, the list is down to one. Has the fro-yo craze reached its cold, swirly peak?

From c-store hires to tickets replacing reservations and McDonald’s unflinchingly disclosing what it’s selling, the restaurant industry looked at times like it was in a different business.

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