Operations

New restaurant equipment and back-of-the-house technology

What's hot in holding gear

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 01, 2008

Several equipment companies have revisited holding technology and design. Improvements and upgrades are turning out hot foods that are pretty close to fresh-cooked.

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Food processors: It slices! It dices!

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 01, 2012

Some of the earliest TV infomercials featured Ron Popeil hawking his famous Veg-o-Matic food chopper with the memorable catchphrase, “It slices! It dices!” Certainly, today’s heavy-duty, high-performance commercial food processors bear little resemblance to that prehistoric appliance—they can do so much more than just slicing and dicing.

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Back to the future: Look inside tomorrow’s restaurant kitchens

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 09, 2015

The must-haves for modern restaurant kitchens are about much more than just technology. Here’s a look at the innovations that are shaping kitchen equipment and design.

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Seattle breaks new ground with latest restaurant ban

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 14, 2017

A sweeping prohibition of single-use wares has finally been set for enforcement, and restaurants indicate they're ready.

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6 heads-up restaurant developments from overseas

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 03, 2017

Our usual roundup of head-spinning moments is pre-empted this week by an early look at head-raising news from the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference.

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