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8 tech disrupters that will change restaurants

By Kelly Killian on Mar. 17, 2016

Are you plugged into the next-wave tech forces teed up to change your business? If not, read on.

Movement in mobile

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 18, 2012

If you took a United or Delta flight to the 2012 Restaurant Leadership Conference in March in Scottsdale, Arizona, you had the option to forego a printed boarding pass, using a QR code sent to your smartphone instead. In a world where 80 percent of the population owns a mobile device (and only 47 percent own a toothbrush), cellphones and tablets are replacing pagers, wallets, credit cards and even keys. Here’s a round-up of mobile solutions from the floor of RLC to keep an eye on.

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Why isn't your menu online?

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Feb. 07, 2013

Menus are among the first things that a customer looks at when trying to decide which restaurant to visit. Restaurants with outdated menus on their websites—or even worse, no menus at all—take the risk of being passed over by would-be diners. Especially if the restaurant down the street has its menu online.

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5 trends to buzz about at FSTEC

By Robert Grimes on Sep. 20, 2014

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

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Maple: A restaurant that exists only in tech form

By Bianca N. Herron on May 27, 2015

A newcomer to the New York City dining scene foregoes seats, tables, even a walk-up window. Indeed, it doesn’t exist as a restaurant at all, just as a delivery app connected to a kitchen.

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