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Menuing Instagram

 By Joann Whitcher on Nov. 14, 2012

Instead of fighting the growing trend of restaurant customers posting photos of their menu orders, Felipe Donnelly, owner of Cómodo, a four-month old Latin American eatery in Soho, New York, has embraced it, using the photos to create what is being called the first Instagram menu.

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Restaurateurs fund a tech entrant

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 17, 2014

Chef Jose Andres and other prominent foodservice figures have invested in a guest management system that ties a restaurant’s POS system to online reservation services like Open Table.

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Should my app be bilingual?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 24, 2015

Mobile apps still seem to be that white whale many operators can’t bag.

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5 upheavals in restaurant ops during 2015

By Sara Rush Wirth on Dec. 29, 2015

Shifts that started this year may redirect the industry for years to come.

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5 heads-ups for choosing new tech

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 29, 2016

The next shiny new thing may not be right for everyone's operations. Here are some tips offered at the FSTEC conference for making a smart decision.

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Learn it or die: Tech set to reshape restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 21, 2017

Presenters at FSTEC, the annual conference for technology leaders, sketched out what's next for restaurateurs. Attendees learned the tech revolution of recent years was nothing compared to what's about to reshape the business.

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Restaurant industry urges Congress to close data-breach loopholes

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 14, 2018

Restaurants are among the 15 groups that want banks to have some responsibilities, too.

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Off-premise: the future of foodservice?

By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 12, 2017

More channels means more competition and a rethinking of the industry.

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Computing the outlook for restaurant tech

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 17, 2012

What’s ahead tech-wise for restaurants in 2012? Probably less of the pent-up demand they’ve borne in the years just prior, according to the National Restaurant Association.

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The latest vending machine technology

By Amanda Kooser on Dec. 03, 2012

If you're strolling down Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills and suddenly get a hankering for a snack, you won't have to settle for a candy bar spit out by a regular old vending machine. Instead, snag a fresh cupcake from the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM. It's restocked all day and night for continuous cupcake delivery.

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