We are having a great time at the NRA Show in Chicago. Below is a picture of the booth with the food service robot. The cost is 25K, and it can be trained to do one function. It was cool and just imagine where this tech will be in a couple of years. Below …
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Dozens sickened at banquet
So probably not the best banquet to have a foodborne illness outbreak at considering the attendees. With 100 of the 250 attendees being lawyers and law students this is not going to go away anytime soon. This article from Philly.com will be forever and will pop up decades from now if you Google search “foodborne illness …
Restaurant Tech Restocked For Tomorrow And Beyond
Here’s a great article from TechCrunch on technology in the restaurant industry. A major focus of this article is on POS systems. Mobile POS systems are moving in on long time dominant systems such as Aloha and MICROS. It seems that mobile POS is the future. Either having guests swipe their own cards at the …
Twenty-Five Percent of Diners Say Tech Options Factor into Restaurant Choice
The first part of this article from Hospitality Technology summarizes the National Restaurant Association’s 2015 forecast which boasts good news for the industry this year. We’ve already talked about that and are very excited for what’s to come. What I found interesting was the latter part of the article discussing consumer trends and their demand …
2015 Restaurant Industry Forecast Released
The National Restaurant Association has released it’s 2015 industry forecast and it’s looking pretty good. Here are a couple of highlights:
- Estimated industry sales of $709.2 billion
- Estimated to hit 1,000,000 locations in the US
- Estimated to employ 14 million people
The biggest challenges will be rising food costs and more competition in the labor market as more jobs become available across industries.
Click here to read the full article from the Missouri Restaurant Association or view the quick 3 minute video summary from restaurant.org below.