Roundtable: How to Design a Technology Strategy for Your Restaurant

Designing a technology strategy for your restaurant isn’t easy. Many restaurants depend on a variety of integrated technologies to run their business, from…

Presented by SpeedLine Solutions

[Fast Casual Executive Summit 2020] Uncovering Supply Chain Hacks

Scaling your brand is not possible without a solid supply chain in place, but the word, “solid” often means expensive and immobile. But does it have to be?

Presented by Fast Casual Executive Summit

[Fast Casual Executive Summit 2020] Sustainability Made Easy

Alder-Tek Manufacturing, Clean Juice, Just Salad, and Fruitive executives discuss how to identify easy fixes to reduce waste within your restaurant.

Presented by Fast Casual Executive Summit

Six Benefits of a Wireless Security Solution for Restaurant Operators

Restaurants face a unique set of challenges in today’s business climate. A security solution can help them cope with many of those challenges.

Restaurant Models for the Post-Pandemic World

Operating a “ghost kitchen” or “host kitchen” is gaining in popularity as a way to serve customers without the pressures of maintaining or adding a…

Presented by Qu

Using Back-of-House Systems to Fight COVID-19

Cleanliness always has been a determinant in the success of a restaurant. A dirty facility, be it the interior or exterior, can quickly turn away prospective…

Digital Advertising Trends: Taking your Brand’s Message to the Streets

A new, innovative and patented digital Out-Of-Home (DOOH) media promises to reshape the way brands deliver marketing messages within the urban landscape.

Eating up profits: The high cost of restaurant POS downtime, and the surprising difference SD-Branch can make

One tenth of 1 percent. It might not seem like much, but it adds up. And when that one tenth of one percent is POS downtime, it adds up to a lot: A lot of…

[WEBINAR]: Bringing Your Kitchen out of the Dark Ages

In an effort to cut costs over the past few years, restaurant execs have been trying to find ways to operate in smaller spaces. And that strategy is even more…

Leveraging technology to manage restaurant labor costs

Labor can make or break a restaurant, being the one variable that exists in all facets of a restaurant’s core functionality and a top concern among managers…

Starbucks goes all in on AI-enabled espresso machines

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Starbucks is rolling out 4,000 AI-enabled espresso machines.

Blendid installs its second robotic smoothie kiosk

December 31, 2019

Robotic self-serve smoothie kiosk-maker, Blendid, has  installed its second location, this one at Sonoma State University's Charlie Brown Café earlier this…

Coolgreens prepping smart fridges for Dallas market

December 10, 2019

Healthy lifestyle eatery Coolgreens plans to install smart fridges in its Dallas market for the sale of salads, wraps and snacks.

Chipotle adds Alexa ordering

November 21, 2019

If your name is Alexa, it's your lucky day. Not only has Chipotle Mexican Grille partnered with Amazon Alexa to allow any customer to order food via delivery…

Webinar to explore food safety excellence

'How to achieve excellence in food safety: Best practices to drive your food safety performance' on Dec. 5 will be sponsored by Steritech.

Epson America releases receipt printer for small companies

November 13, 2019

Epson America Inc. has released its TM-T20III receipt printer designed for small and medium merchants to support existing POS and mPOS systems, according to a…

Dig testing reusable bowl at NY location

November 13, 2019

Farm-to-counter fast casual brand, Dig, is piloting a reusable bowl program at a New York City location. The Canteen by Dig lets customers checkout the bowl…

LemonShark Poke installs self-serve beer tap at Florida location

October 25, 2019

LemonShark Poke, a fast casual restaurant chain, has installed a six-tap self-serve beer tap at its recently opened location in West Palm Beach, Florida…

Outstanding CX: An opportunity…and a challenge

Business executives in a 2019 study named “customer experience” as the single greatest opportunity for their organization. Learn how to make your customer…

Qu introduces new POS platform

September 10, 2019

Restaurant POS company, Qu, has launched a new data-centric platform that it said in a news release remedies the fragmented ordering, production and brand…