So Millennials Are Killing Restaurants Again?


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Sure, we can blame the millennial generation for all the changes in the restaurant industry, but we should probably look at all of the technological and social changes, too.

The Not-So-Quiet Power of a Strong Restaurant Website Last week when Adobe announced its plans to kill Flash, the internet responded with a whole lot of jokes about bad restaurant websites. And for good reason; there are plenty of restaurants with sites that are just plain awful — Flash design, auto-play music, and outdated menus included. Enter BentoBox, a service aimed specifically at restaurant owners that helps them build and maintain robust, well-designed, up-to-date websites that can also serve as revenue-drivers. Founder and CEO Krystle Mobayeni, fresh off of the announcement of a $4.8 million Series A round of funding, shares her company, its vision, and the real difference a good website makes to a restaurant’s business — read the full interview here.   Uh Oh, Millennials Are Killing Restaurants Again* The good news for the restaurant industry: we all have to eat. The bad news: the way we eat is evolving, potentially taking market share away from restaurants, a