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 — Publisher, 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 — Publisher, 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.

Freshii helping to launch health-focused tech companies

September 3, 2013

Freshii, a fast casual chain specializing in healthy menu items has partnered with a Toronto-based innovation firm, Kinetic Café, to launch a vertically…

Lavu iPad POS adds customer management solutions

August 30, 2013

Lavu iPad POS has added new customer management solutions, including the ability to pull data such as order history, address and email contact.

How new technologies transform guest experience

Technology has transformed every part of the guest experience from the way hungry diners select an eatery to the way they order their meals and the way they…

Orange Leaf upgrades website

August 20, 2013

Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt has upgraded its website, www.orangeleafyogurt.com, to allow visitors to personalize their flavor experience and share their love of…

TrustYou.com expands into restaurant space

August 20, 2013

TrustYou, an online reputation management site specializing in the hospitality industry, has expanded into the restaurant space. Bringing its 360-degree…