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Running the iRestaurant

 By Restaurant Business Staff on May 01, 2012

Restaurants across the country have dabbled in iPad usage, primarily back-of-house for inventory or front-of-house for wine lists. But few have jumped in to the extent that Christian and Nacasha Ruffin, owners of Atlanta’s Do restaurant, have.

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Where fine dining and online deals meet

 By Joann Whitcher on Jun. 05, 2012

Fine-dining restaurants and upscale food vendors, typically wary of participating in online deal programs, are taking a careful look at LivingSocial Gourmet, LivingSocial’s invitation-only channel for food-savvy consumers.

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Chefs' favorite apps

By Joann Whitcher on Jun. 05, 2012

We asked chefs to name some of their favorites; as we would expect, apps that make chef’s lives in the kitchen easier are the most popular.

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Trends on the tech floor

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Jun. 05, 2012

It’s an exciting time in hospitality technology. We’re right on the cusp of some really great game-changers, offering ways to improve the guest experience that we never before imagined. Which ones seem to have more legs than others?

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Tech Bytes’ parent strikes deal with FSTEC

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 14, 2012

Restaurantbusiness.com and its sister media, Restaurant Business and FoodService Director magazines, have entered into a partnership with the presenters of the FSTEC technology conference.

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Menu it digitally

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 01, 2012

Digital menu boards provide virtually limitless opportunities for merchandising menu items. Additions or revisions—to accommodate nutritional postings or price changes—can be made quickly. And for multi-unit operations, centralized control of the menu is especially important.

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Restaurants get creative with QR codes

By Amanda Kooser on Sep. 11, 2012

According to a 2012 study by mobile barcode producer Scanbuy, quick serve restaurants are behind only consumer packaged goods companies in their use of QR code for promotional campaigns. Here are some QR campaigns that caught our attention, and more importantly, the customers'.

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How Founding Farmers uses latest industry technology to implement LEED standards

By Joann Whitcher on Sep. 11, 2012

The phrase Founding Farmers may conjure up images of colonial America, but the restaurants operating under that name are anything but old-fashioned. One of the tenets of the Farmers Restaurant Group is using the latest technology available to carry out its mission of “operating, serving and living green.”

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Transforming the restaurant experience, one app at a time

By Joann Whitcher on Sep. 12, 2012

Some of restaurants’ best marketing opportunities come via smartphone apps. The best of these apps enable chefs and restaurateurs to engage with customers in a low-cost discussion that can greatly boost sales. Or they can allow restaurants to fill tables that would have otherwise gone empty.

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Make it funky: "What's on your current playlist?"

By Joann Whitcher on Sep. 14, 2012

For chefs, music is often as important as the knives they cart around. While chefs tend to avoid music during restaurant service, prep is another matter.

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