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Tech

Uber CEO on Doing $6 Billion in Restaurant Delivery Business

6 years ago

Uber only sees a fraction of the $6 billion that runs through its apps, but it's a significant sign of the activity it facilitates (and takes a cut of, too).

Independents

Screen-Free Cafes Aren’t Anti-Tech, They’re Pro-Atmosphere

6 years ago

Wi-Fi and screen-time policing at cafés has less to do with money and missed earnings: the main culprit is our attitude. Admittedly, it feels like strict policy, but we can all learn a lesson from this.

Operations

How Restaurants Are Adapting to the Rising Minimum Wage

6 years ago

Menu prices are going up, and we're just going to have to deal with it.

People

How Italy’s Pietro Leemann Elevated Vegetarian Cuisine — Thirty Years and Counting

6 years ago

Imagine pioneering elevated vegetarian cuisine thirty years ago in a fine dining restaurant in Italy. It took a few years to take off, but chef Pietro Leeman hasn't looked back since — nary a noodle or tomato in sight.

Marketing

Growing a Restaurant Business From a Trailer to the Grocery Aisle

6 years ago

Picnik's growth tells a larger story of how small restaurant entrepreneurs are growing enterprise businesses leveraging community-based wellness trends and social media.

Tech

Tock Releases a Dedicated App for Booking Reservations

6 years ago

Tock started as a ticketing platform aimed to change the way restaurants offer reservations. A new consumer-facing app puts the company squarely alongside its reservations competitors.

Marketing

Yelp’s New Antitrust Drive Targets Google Employees

6 years ago

Yelp's efforts to see tighter regulation of Google's business practices could have more success this time around than several years ago, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped the ball. European Union regulators have really cast the previous U.S. effort in a shameful light, and the Trump team may be more sympathetic than the Obama administration.

People

The 20 Most-Compensated U.S. Restaurant Executives of 2017

6 years ago

If you're an executive at McDonald's right now there's a chance that "I'm loving it" is the phrase that is resonating.

Marketing

The NRA Is in Desperate Need of a Rebrand

6 years ago

It's not just the name... but we'll volunteer that changing that immediately would be a great start.

Chains

For Fast Food Chains, Are Value Menus Worth It?

6 years ago

Value menus offer a cheap and convenient buy for existing customers, but the $1 menu items aren't attracting tons of new customers to the chains.

Tech

Here’s a Tabletop Tablet That May Finally Matter

6 years ago

It's not necessarily the technology that matters, but the restaurant where it's located. In this case, the big player in the tabletop technology market, Ziosk, is headed to small chains and independent restaurants, which could change the way everyday diners pay for dinner anywhere.

Food

Fermentation Goes Mainstream with Speciality Shops from LA to London

6 years ago

Ferment9's declaration and existence points to a dining trend in which once obscure health movements are becoming storefront concepts entirely unto themselves.

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