How to generate food truck profits with location tracking

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Bradley Cooper, editor of Food Truck Operator, spoke with Chris Ruff, CEO and president of Glympse Inc. to discuss more about how food trucks can generate…

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How to transform your food truck with battery systems

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

A webinar by Joule Case examined how food trucks can transform their business by ditching generators and adopting battery systems.

Can tech address food safety?

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Tech is changing the game for food safety.

How to be successful in the food truck business

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Patrick Bolanos of Trailer King Builders shares tips on how to get started as a food truck operator and expand.

How to scale up restaurant brands

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

It's one thing to have a great solo concept, it's quite another to scale up that concept into a franchise. A panel at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation…

Winning at the franchising game

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

How do restaurants succeed at the franchising game? A panel at the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit shared some key strategies.

How to make data your restaurant superpower

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

How can restaurants utilize all of their data and turn it into their superpower?

How e-tips can increase restaurant profitability

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

It's no secret restaurants are struggling with profitability. Is e-tipping the secret sauce to boost revenue?

How diversity became Shake Shack's key ingredient

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Shake Shack set big goals for diversity. At the Fast Casual Executive Summit, Idris Stover, director of diversity, equity inclusion and engagement, discussed…

AI won't replace restaurant employees, it will make CX better

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

A panel at the Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Charlotte from Sept. 11 to 13 tackled AI head on and how its real benefit is to improve the customer…

Should restaurants enter the Metaverse?

by cooper, Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

What is the metaverse good for? A panel at the Interactive Customer Experience Summit debated this topic.

How to cut costs with delivery

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Third party delivery got big during COVID-19 but can also cost restaurants a lot. How can restaurants save money?

How Dave's Hot Chicken wins with authenticity

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Dave's Hot Chicken went from a parking lot pop-up to a fast casual juggernaut. The opening keynote at the Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Charlotte…

Mooyah Burgers ups its game with menu boards

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Fast casuals have historically viewed the drive-thru as optional, but when COVID-19 hit in 2020, many had to rethink their strategies as indoor dining was no…

Super Bowl powers up engagement with digital signage, menu boards

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Super Bowl LV is upon us. And although the fan experience will be different this year, digital signage is still helping make that experience memorable. Ping HD…

How to handle labor issues in restaurants

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Labor is an issue that restaurants have struggled with since time immemorial. Restaurant leaders at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit discussed…

A&W Restaurants, Pie Five Pizza leaders help Summit attendees solve the mystery of big data

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

"Big Data is like a mystery novel," Brian Lee, data analytics practice director, Wavicle Data Solutions, said during a session at the Restaurant Franchising …

Why the time is now for restaurants to embrace AI, VR

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Panelists at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit argued that for restaurants, whether big or small, the time to adopt innovative tech like AR, VR…

What in the world is blockchain?

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin: These terms can often be highly confusing to those not in some level of the IT industry. Ray Wiley, CEO and co-founder of…

Pizza Inn franchisee claims franchisor relationships are key for tech success

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

With new technologies, Daven Acker, a franchisee of Pizza Inn, knows "It's always a challenge."