Technology
Tech to keep and kill
Here's what RB's managing editor has learned from viewing restaurant tech through a brand new lens.
Technology
7 predictions for what lies ahead for tech in restaurants
The upcoming year might not look quite like the space age the Jetsons lived in, but the tech-forward society is moving closer and closer to it.
Chef Robert Irvine is better known for his performances before a stove or TV camera than for what he does at a computer keyboard. But the celebrity chef will reveal his ease at the digital screen when he delivers a keynote address at the upcoming FSTEC NexGen conference on paperless restaurant and bar management.
The 100 or so chain executives attending Chicago researcher Technomic’s 2015 Consumer Insights and Planning Program this January learned how the perplexing consumer is evolving under such influences as a tepid economy and rapid-fire technical advances. Some revelations had pens scratching across notepads in a frenzy, including these.