NAFEM, FS/TEC open next week

Co-located manufacturing, technology shows to feature innovations in foodservice industry.

New payment options increase efficiency

How pay-at-the table, mobile tablet solutions are changing the check-out line.

Froots deploys DineBlast Mobile technology solution

December 15, 2008

MARGATE, Fla. — SoftTouch LLC has announced that it has incorporated significant enhancements to its DineBlast Mobile solution, which allows take-out…

Marketing food by mobile

Operators experiment with promoting restaurants via cell phone.

Operators look harder at reducing waste, costs

December 7, 2008

The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.): Restaurant owners are doing more to track food waste to cut costs in light of the recession.   Methods operators have…

Baja Fresh awards archiving contract

November 10, 2008

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Baja Fresh has signed a deal with Casdex Inc. to provide digitization and archiving services to the fresh Mex chain.    Under the…

Captain D's selects Envysion as video provider

October 1, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Captain D's has begun rolling out Louisville, Colo.-based Envysion Inc.'s Managed Video as a Service system in its restaurants.   Envysion…

MICROS unveils upcoming hardware products

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 15, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — MICROS has announced two upcoming hardware products at its 2008 Users Conference, held Sept. 14-16 in Annapolis, Md.   The new Duraswitch…

New research: Foodservice leads card-data attacks

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 15, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — New research from global payment security consultancy Trustwave analyzes the most common methods and targets of recent card breach incidents…

Fla. Restaurant Show highlights future trends

Despite Tropical Storm Hanna, about 15,000 attendees gathered for 2008 show.

XFormity, Cosi partner on restaurant reporting solution

September 11, 2008

DALLAS — XFormity Technologies and Cosi Inc. have announced the deployment of XFormity's Business Intelligence solution across all Cosi corporate restaurants.

Mid-Atlantic to showcase new products, services

September 7, 2008

BALTIMORE — The Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage and Lodging Expo, slated to take place Sept. 17-18, 2008, at the Baltimore Convention Center, will offer a variety…

Western Expo: Tech solutions on tap

POS systems, marketing companies offer Web-based solutions.

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to roll out free Wi-Fi

August 27, 2008

LOS ANGELES — The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has announced that it will offer free Wi-Fi Internet access at virtually all company-owned stores. The company…

Caribou Coffee implements HR management tool

August 27, 2008

SAN MATEO, Calif. — SuccessFactors Inc., global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, has announced that Caribou Coffee is using…

Five Guys selects OnDemand for HR training

August 25, 2008

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Five Guys Burgers and Fries is implementing Saba Learning's OnDemand to deliver online training and assessments for the Five Guys…

MICROS acquires services provider Fry Inc.

August 12, 2008

COLUMBIA, Md. — MICROS Systems Inc. has announced their acquisition of Fry Inc., an e-commerce design, development, and managed services provider. Fry is…

uWink intros menu language-translation feature

July 8, 2008

LOS ANGELES — uWink has announced a new menu language translation tool designed to translate its menu offerings into Chinese, English, French, German…

Peet's Coffee & Tea partners with Junction Solutions

June 9, 2008

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Junction Solutions, provider of vertical industry-focused enterprise software and services based on the Microsoft platform, has announced…

NRA to showcase top industry trends

by Valerie Killifer — senior editor, NetWorld Alliance

Building, kitchen design and more create exhibit hall of more than 2,100 booths.