Middleby named 'Supplier of the Year'

September 30, 2013

Middleby has received a Supplier of the Year award from Brinker International Inc., which owns or franchises nearly 1,600 restaurants in 33 countries and two…

Paytronix releases marketing tools for restaurants

September 30, 2013

Paytronix Systems has released a software upgrade that includes two marketing tools for restaurants: Real-Time Behavior-Triggered Messaging and Local Store…

How a Boston fast casual increased sales via mobile payment app

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Revenue increased 17 percent at Sebastians Cafe one month after launching a branded LevelUp mobile payment and loyalty app.

Lavu iPad POS adds inventory, customer insight features

September 27, 2013

Lavu Inc. has added new software to is POS Lavu system, with features geared specifically toward the restaurant industry.

6 ways tablets have changed dining out

Tablets are here to stay and are having a transformational effect on the experiences that restaurants are providing.

Infographic: 'This Mobile Life'

Smartphones have become the technology of choice for consumers searching for, ordering from and connecting with restaurants.

Intuit, Square announce POS, accounting integration

September 25, 2013

Intuit and Square have announced a seamless integration between Square and QuickBooks. Built on Intuit's open platform, the integration will enable small…

Swipely manages $1B in annual sales

September 25, 2013

Swipely is now managing more than $1 billion in annual sales for merchants across 29 states, just one year since entering the payments space, according to a…

Podcast: Fast casual trends, events and top people

by Nate Riggs — CEO / Owner, NR Media Group

This week, I'm delighted to welcome a guest who is near and dear to all of our hearts. Cherryh Butler, senior editor of FastCasual.com, joins the show to talk…

Easy TV: 3 Ways a Video Distribution System Will Improve Efficiency

If a bar or restaurant has multiple television sets, a top-notch video distribution system is needed for maximum efficiency.

Revention enhances Kitchen Display System

September 17, 2013

Using technology to stop restaurant theft

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

The NRA estimates that employee theft is responsible for 75 percent of inventory shortages and about 4 percent of sales.

Mobile payments a hot topic at Fast Casual Executive Summit

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Restaurant operators will learn how and why to embrace mobile payments.

5 reasons why your mobile site is failing

Poorly designed mobile websites can be more of a detriment to your company, than a boon for business

5 ways technology is transforming dining experiences in the UK

September 11, 2013

PaymentSense, a United Kingdom-based card payment and EPoS provider, has compiled a list of some of the ways technology is being used to keep restaurant…

Dickey's focused on technology integration

September 9, 2013

Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants Inc. today announced Brian Maupin as the company's first chief information officer. The former AT&T executive was selected…

E-learning platform, Schoox, delivers 500,000 video lectures to restaurant employees

September 9, 2013

Red Book Connect's Schoox, a social e-learning platform for the service industry, announced today that it has delivered more than 500,000 video lectures to…

Free webinar on employee training available for download

September 9, 2013

Training teams is an essential part of any restaurant's operations, but how that training is accomplished is changing in positive ways that help learners be…

Revention releases new 'Table & Guest Management' module

September 6, 2013

Revention has released a new point-of-sale module, Table and Guest Management, which provides tools to manage table turns, server assignments and food…

NRA launches online employee-notification tool

September 5, 2013

The National Restaurant Association has launched a new tool to help restaurateurs notify employees about new government-run health insurance marketplaces.